This Companion explores the visual, intellectual, and religious culture of Renaissance Florence in the age of Masaccio, 1401-1428. Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars and conservators, the essays in this volume investigate the artistic, civic, and sacred contexts of Masaccio's works and the sites in which they were seen. Inspired by the 600th anniversary of Masaccio's birth, The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio celebrates the achievements, influence and legacy of early Renaissance art and one of its greatest masters.
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"...an outstanding contribution to the celebrations for the 600th anniversary of Masaccio's birth celebrated in 2001." Annali d'italianistica
"The Cambridge University Press is to be congratulated for making available in English these fine studies of great and influential early Italian Renaissance artists...will be the standard by which other works on these artists will be judged." Aaron W. Godfrey, Stony Brook University
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"The Cambridge University Press is to be congratulated for making available in English these fine studies of great and influential early Italian Renaissance artists...will be the standard by which other works on these artists will be judged." Aaron W. Godfrey, Stony Brook University
"The interdisciplinary approach of [the volume] sets a high standard for similar art-historical studies. It is quite likely to be a standard reference for many years to come." CAA Reviews
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The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio explores the visual, intellectual, and religious culture of Renaissance Florence in the age of Masaccio, 1401-1428. Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars and conservators, the essays in this volume investigate the artistic, civic, and sacred contexts of Masaccio's works and the sites in which they were seen. Inspired by the 600th anniversary of Masaccio's birth, The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio celebrates the achievements, influence and legacy of early Renaissance art and one of its greatest masters.
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[Ghiberti], Paolo Uccello, and Masaccio, each superb in his own field." While recognizing the greatness of "these founders," Vasari elevated Masaccio above them all because of his superiority in the art of painting, from his natural rendering of figures and movement to his mastery of foreshortening, which even "exceeded" that of Uccello, famous for his exploration of perspective. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
completo dei dipinti, centric point, main tier, major guilds, eccellenti pittori, funerary chapel, perspective construction, fresco cycle, stylistic evidence, altar wall Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Saint Peter, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Rrancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Santa Maria Maggiore, Pisa Altarpiece, Reggello Altarpiece, Lorenzo Monaco, Saint Paul, Agnolo Gaddi, Filippino Lippi, Santa Croce, Gentile da Fabriano, San Giovanni Valdarno, Saint George, Saint Louis, Fra Angelico, Miracle of the Snow, National Gallery, Saint Jerome, Spinello Aretino, Coronation of the Virgin, Middle Ages, Diane Cole Ahl New!
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[Ghiberti], Paolo Uccello, and Masaccio, each superb in his own field." While recognizing the greatness of "these founders," Vasari elevated Masaccio above them all because of his superiority in the art of painting, from his natural rendering of figures and movement to his mastery of foreshortening, which even "exceeded" that of Uccello, famous for his exploration of perspective. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
completo dei dipinti, centric point, main tier, major guilds, eccellenti pittori, funerary chapel, perspective construction, fresco cycle, stylistic evidence, altar wall Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Saint Peter, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Rrancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Santa Maria Maggiore, Pisa Altarpiece, Reggello Altarpiece, Lorenzo Monaco, Saint Paul, Agnolo Gaddi, Filippino Lippi, Santa Croce, Gentile da Fabriano, San Giovanni Valdarno, Saint George, Saint Louis, Fra Angelico, Miracle of the Snow, National Gallery, Saint Jerome, Spinello Aretino, Coronation of the Virgin, Middle Ages, Diane Cole Ahl New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- On Painting (Penguin Classics) by Leon Battista Alberti on 6 pages
- The Brancacci Chapel by Umberto Baldini on 6 pages
- Lorenzo Monaco by Marvin Eisenberg on 4 pages
- The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints, Vol. 1 by Jacobus de Voragine on page 147, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Lorenzo Ghiberti (Monographs in Art & Archaeology) by Richard Krautheimer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Picturing Christian Witness: New Testament Images of Disciples in Mission by Stanley H. Skreslet on page 59, and Back Matter
- A History of Florence 1200-1575 by John M. Najemy on page 328
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