Malvasia's Life of the Carracci: Commentary and Translation
University Park, Pa: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Black cloth in illustrated jacket. xv, 395 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. VG. Item #214313
ISBN: 9780271018997
"Ludovico, Agostino, and Annibale Carracci played leading roles in bringing about the changes in style and outlook that transformed the art of painting around 1600. Working both as a team and as individuals, they turned away from the conventions of Mannerism to reinvigorate the Renaissance tradition and usher in a new style, at once naturalistic, classical, and spirited." "Malvasia's "Life of the Carracci" has been the principal source of knowledge about these pioneering artists since its first publication in 1678 in Felsina pittrice, vite de' pittori bolognesi. His biography of the Carracci provides a window onto the cultural life of seventeenth-century Italy. The worlds of artisans, artists, literati, and patrons intersect in his text, giving it incomparable historical and literary value." "Summerscale's book will be a resource for art historians and students of seventeenth-century literature and historiography."--Jacket.
OCLC: 41580652
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