Giovanni da Rimini : Scenes from the Lives of the Virgin and Other Saints Paperback / softback
by Anna Koopstra
Part of the National Gallery London Publications series
Paperback / softback
Description
This monograph celebrates the National Gallery's 2015 acquisition of Giovanni da Rimini's Scenes from the Lives of the Virgin and Other Saints (c. 1300 -1305). The painting is a rare survival from the late Middle Ages, uniting the exquisite detail of late Byzantine icons with the new, more naturalistic and expressive style exemplified by the Florentine painter Giotto.
Probably created for private contemplation and worship, the painting may be the left wing of a diptych, a theory that is examined here in relation to its assumed companion panel Scenes from the Life of Christ (from the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Significant new research explains its iconography, its devotional function, and the historical context in which it was created, while fresh technical analysis brings a greater understanding of the making and purpose of the panels and how they were originally displayed.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:02/06/2017
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- ISBN:9781857096224
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:02/06/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781857096224