Representing from Life in Seventeenth-century Italy
Title | Representing from Life in Seventeenth-century Italy PDF eBook |
Author | Sheila McTighe |
Publisher | Amsterdam University Press |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2020-03-06 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9048533260 |
In drawing or painting from live models and real landscapes, more was at stake for artists in early modern Italy than achieving greater naturalism. To work with the model in front of your eyes, and to retain their identity in the finished work of art, had an impact on concepts of artistry and authorship, the authority of the image as a source of knowledge, the boundaries between repetition and invention, and even the relation of images to words. This book focuses on artists who worked in Italy, both native Italians and migrants from northern Europe. The practice of depicting from life became a self-conscious departure from the norms of Italian arts. In the context of court culture in Rome and Florence, works by artists ranging from Caravaggio to Claude Lorrain, Pieter van Laer to Jacques Callot, reveal new aspects of their artistic practice and its critical implications.
Music in the Seventeenth Century
Title | Music in the Seventeenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Bianconi |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1987-11-26 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780521269155 |
Examines musical life in the seventeenth century, a period of profound change in the history of music.
Art and Ideas in Eighteenth-Century Italy. Lectures given at the Italian Institute 1957-1958
Title | Art and Ideas in Eighteenth-Century Italy. Lectures given at the Italian Institute 1957-1958 PDF eBook |
Author | Italian Institute (London, England) |
Publisher | Ed. di Storia e Letteratura |
Pages | 248 |
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Diego Velázquez's Early Paintings and the Culture of Seventeenth-century Seville
Title | Diego Velázquez's Early Paintings and the Culture of Seventeenth-century Seville PDF eBook |
Author | Tanya J. Tiffany |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0271053798 |
"Explores the early works of seventeenth-century Spanish painter Diego Velâazquez. Focuses on works from 1617 to 1623, examining the painter's critical engagement with the artistic, religious, and social practices of his native Seville"--Provided by publisher.
The Seventeenth Century in Italy
Title | The Seventeenth Century in Italy PDF eBook |
Author | Pierpont Morgan Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1967 |
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Lucrezia Marinella and the "querelle Des Femmes" in Seventeenth-century Italy
Title | Lucrezia Marinella and the "querelle Des Femmes" in Seventeenth-century Italy PDF eBook |
Author | Paola Malpezzi Price |
Publisher | Associated University Presse |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780838641224 |
Examines the place that Lucrezia Marinella holds within the dominant literary tradition of seventeenth-century Italy as a writer, as well as a woman who lived within a predominantly patriarchal culture.
Italy in the Seventeenth Century
Title | Italy in the Seventeenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Domenico Sella |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2014-06-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 131790074X |
In his comprehensive overview of 17th century Italy, Professor Sella challenges the old view that Italy was in general decline, instead he shows it to have been a time of sharp contrasts and shifts in fortune. He starts with a balanced and critical analysis of political developments (placing the Italian states in their wider European context) before assessing the state of the economy. He then looks in depth at society, religion, and culture and science and in particular reassesses the influence of the Counter Reformation on Italian life. His book ends with an engrossing account of the life and work of Galileo as well as an overview of the important and often neglected contributions made by other scientists in the later part of the century. This rich and balanced volume is an ideal introduction to early modern Italy, and provides a critical revaluation of a much misunderstood period in the country's history.