Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto [Paperback]

David Rosand (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0521565685 | ISBN-13: 978-0521565684 | Publication Date: September 28, 1997 | Edition: 2

Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice, here published in a revised and updated edition, explores the visual tradition of one of the most important centres of the Italian Renaissance through a study of three masters - Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto. These painters dominated and shaped the traditions of Venetian painting in the High and Late Renaissance. Establishing the conditions of painting in Renaissance Venice, including the social, economic and political situation of arts and artists and the aesthetic values that distinguish Venetian painting from that of Central Italy, David Rosand also explores the formal principles and technical procedures that determined the uniqueness of painting in Venice, above all the development of oil painting on canvas. He also analyses individual images, altarpieces and mural paintings within the several contexts of conventions and institutions - artistic, social, historical - of Renaissance Venice.

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"It is a tribute to the lasting value of David Rosand's work that Cambridge University Press has published a revised edition of his Painting in Cinquecento Venice that is little from the original. With updates to the bibliography and endnotes, additional color plates, and an addendum to the preface, this book continues to be an important model and resource for students, teachers, and scholars of Venetian Renaissance art. In a rich and thorough account the revised edition of David Rosand's Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice further demonstrates the connectedness of formal, aesthetic, and technical concerns, historical and cultural contextual information, and efforts of reception and interpretation." Mary-Ann Winkelmes, Speculum

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This classic title, first published in 1982 by Yale University Press, out of print since 1987, is now published in a revised and updated edition. David Rosand explores the visual tradition of one of the most important centres of the Italian Renaissance through a study of three masters - Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto. These painters dominated and shaped the traditions of Venetian painting in the High and Late Renaissance.

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• Paperback: 301 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (September 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521565685
• ISBN-13: 978-0521565684
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't be misled by opinionated review!, November 11, 2003

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This review is from: Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto (Paperback)

"Ann Arbor" is way off the mark, and did not read the Tintoretto chapter carefully, as it celebrates the depth of the artist's religious imagery. This book is a classic! Gracefully written, deeply learned yet unassuming, and deserving the most attentive close reading you can spare. The introduction is the best, most concise treatment available anywhere of the outstanding contributions of Venetian Renaissance painting. Rosand is possibly the most distinguished scholar now writing about this marvelous topic. Note that the 3 "artist" chapters are not meant to produce a SURVEY of Venetian painting--each has a different THEME that is traced in the art of the master best suited to it. I've been teaching Venetian Renaissance art at the undergrad and grad level for over 20 years, and I can vouch for the excellence of this book.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good and bad..., June 4, 2001

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This review is from: Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto (Paperback)

This book would have recieved 5 stars if it wasn't for an apparent misunderstanding of Tintoretto on the part of Prof. Rosand. The first section of the book is oustanding, laying out beutifully such necessary background info/theory as the role of the artist in 16th century Venice and (even better) the aesthtics of the disengo vs. colorito / florence vs. venice controversy. Now for the bad: while it is generally a nice, concise overview of Tintoretto's artistic production, Rosand misses the point in terms of expressive content of his art, debunking the notion that Tintoretto communicates a real, personal passion and piety. He also claims that, contrary to popular scholarship, the Council of Trent had little effect on the outcome of his paintings and "any attempt to link associate specific doctrines may be misleading" (approx. quotation regarding the San Giorgio Maggiore "Last Supper). Despite these questionable views (which he contradicts in other sources, by the way) it is a valuable volume to anyone's personal library.

2 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, October 16, 1999

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This review is from: Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto (Paperback)

I haven't seen the book, but i have a feeling it will be grea