Storytelling in Christian Art from Giotto to Donatello
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300117272 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 353 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Seen from these viewpoints, they become more readily int. He provides evidence showing that the Church favoured the production of images that lent themselves to being read and interpreted in this way, and he describes the works themselves to demonstrate how the pleasurable activity of deciphering these meanings can work in practice. In this book, Jules Lubbock examines some of the most famous of these pictorial narratives by artists of the caliber of Giovanni Pisano, Duccio, Giotto, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Donatello and Masaccio. This fascinating book is richly illustrated, and many of it's photographs have been specially taken to show how the paintings and relief sculptures appear in the settings, for which they were originally designed. Recounting the biblical stories through visual images was the most prestigious form of commission for a Renaissance artist. He explains how these artists portrayed the major biblical events, such as: the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Annunciation, the Feast of Herod and the Trial and Passion of Jesus, so as to be easily recognizable and, at the same time, to capture our attention and imagination for long enough to enable us
His previous books include The Tyranny of Taste: the Politics of Architecture and Design in Britain, 1550-1960 and, with Mark Crinson, Architecture an Art or a Profession: Three Hundred Years of Architectural Education. . Jules Lubbock is Professor of Art History at the University of Essex
. His previous books include The Tyranny of Taste: the Politics of Architecture and Design in Britain, 1550-1960 and, with Mark Crinson, Architecture an Art or a Profession: Three Hundred Years of Architectural Education. About the Author Jules Lubbock is Professor of Art History at the University of Essex
"M-yeh" according to Elaine Hedgecock Cervini. The illustrations are beautiful, but I found this book lacking in substance- or at least lacking in what the title promised. I was hoping for more on "storytelling" in art of this period. What I got were specific images explained from a select few paintings Things any museum docent would already know.. Lynette Jordan said Early perspective study. I found this book to be what I needed as a basis for a paper for art appreciation class. The case is presented that Donatello is the beginning of perspective in art and I agree with that. Donatello's sculpture is well above anyone else in the era and would draw me across the room to see his emotional expressiveness when I was in Florence. Later I went to Siena t