Richly illustrated in
color, this handbook aims to impart the skills that allow the reader to answer
the question “Why does this painting matter?”. Organized chronologically, with
passages of historical background, we follow Richard Peterson’s probing descriptions
of painting in Santa Croce, the Brancacci Chapel at the Carmine, the Uffizi and
Accademia, Santa Maria Novella and San Marco, and other remarkable repositories
of the city’s masterpieces.
Here is what two greatly admired scholars say about Looking at Painting in
Florence:
“You want a stunning pair of eyes to see the paintings in Florence
with? Fresh, deeply informed, alive to detail. Without pedantry? This gift of a
book is it.” (Robert Hass,
Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley, and former poet
laureate of the United States)
“To read this book is akin to being taken by the hand by a close friend
who quietly and undidactically observes, describes, and interprets.” (Susan Madocks Lister, Head of Art
History, The British Institute of Florence)
Il testo di Richard Peterson ci presenta
le meraviglie dell’arte medievale e rinascimentale fiorentina. Corredato da splendide illustrazioni a colori, è una
valida guida e un compagno di viaggio cui fare ricorso dinanzi all’impatto
emotivo di capolavori di sovrumana bellezza, un godibilissimo antidoto alla
sindrome di Stendhal che, esorcizzata la vertigine dinanzi a opere immortali,
ce ne illustra con linguaggio piano e familiare il significato, la novità, la
magnificenza. Seguiamo Peterson, leggendone le descrizioni intervallate da
illuminanti schizzi storici, in Santa Croce, nella cappella Brancacci al
Carmine, agli Uffizi, in Santa Maria Novella, a San Marco, all’Accademia e
negli altri grandi giacimenti artistici fiorentini. Un libro dedicato a tutti
coloro che, pur amando l’arte, non ritengono di possedere gli strumenti per
comprenderne il mistero.
Anteprima
1st edition: February 2014
Reprints: July 2015, July 2018
Richly illustrated in color, this handbook aims to impart the skills that allow the reader to answer the question “Why does this painting matter?”. Organized chronologically, with passages of historical background, we follow Richard Peterson’s probing descriptions of painting in Santa Croce, the Brancacci Chapel at the Carmine, the Uffizi and Accademia, Santa Maria Novella and San Marco, and other remarkable repositories of the city’s masterpieces.
Here is what two greatly admired scholars say about Looking at Painting in Florence:
“You want a stunning pair of eyes to see the paintings in Florence with? Fresh, deeply informed, alive to detail. Without pedantry? This gift of a book is it.” (Robert Hass, Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley, and former poet laureate of the United States)
“To read this book is akin to being taken by the hand by a close friend who quietly and undidactically observes, describes, and interprets.” (Susan Madocks Lister, Head of Art History, The British Institute of Florence)
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1st edition: February 2014
Reprints: July 2015, July 2018
Polistampa, 2014
Pagine: 240
Caratteristiche: ill. col., br.
Formato: 15x21
ISBN: 978-88-596-1327-5
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