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Italian Baroque art / edited by Susan M. Dixon.

Contributor(s): Dixon, Susan M, 1956-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Blackwell anthologies in art history: 6Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008Description: xvii, 390 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781405139663 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781405139670 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Art, Baroque -- Italy | Art, Italian -- 17th century | Art, Italian -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 709.4509032
Contents:
What is Baroque? / Erwin Panofsky -- The idea of the painter, the sculptor and the architect / Pietro Bellori Giovan -- Fighting with style / Phillip Sohm -- Bernini's conception of the visual arts: 'un bel composto' / Irving Lavin -- Ars tornandi: Baroque architecture and the lathe / Joseph Connors -- A taste for Tiepolo / Svetlana Alpers and Michael Baxandall -- Practice in the Carracci Academy / Gail Feigenbaum -- Artemisia in her father's house / Patrizia Cavazzini -- Disegni, Bozzetti, Legnetti and Modelli in Roman Seicento sculpture / Jennifer Montagu -- Architects and clods: the emergence of urban planning in the context of palace architecture in seventeenth-century Rome / Dorothy Metzger Habel -- The mechanics of seventeenth-century patronage / Francis Haskell -- Scrambling for scudi: notes on painters' earnings in early Baroque Rome / Richard Spear -- The marketing of Pietro Testa's poetic inventions / Francesco Consagra -- Inside the palace: people and furnishings / Patricia Waddy -- A comment on the iconography of Pietro da Cortona's Barberini ceiling / Walter Vitzthum -- Seeing the shroud: Guarini's reliquary chapel in Turin and the ostentation of a dynastic relic / John Beldon Scott -- Myth and the new science: Vico, Tiepolo, and the language of the Optimates / Christopher Drew Armstrong -- Problems of the theme / Rudolf Wittkower -- Devotion and desire: the reliquary chapel of Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi / Karen-Edis Barzman -- Pastoralism in the Roman Baroque villa and in Claude Lorrain: myths and realities of the Roman Campagna / Mirka Benes -- The role of classical models in Bernini's and Poussin's preparatory work / Rudolf Wittkower -- The Greek style and the prehistory of neoclassicism / Charles Dempsey -- Piranesi and Francesco Bianchini: Capricci in the service of pre-scientific archaeology / Susan M. Dixon -- Cigoli's Immacolata and Galileo's Moon: astronomy and the virgin in early Seicento Rome / Steven F. Ostrow -- The rate of pictures: appearance, truth, and ambiguity / David Freedberg -- Lodoli on function and representation / Joseph Rykwert.
Summary: "Grandeur, intensity, passion, and motion these are the defining characteristics of art created during the Baroque period in 17th and early 18th-century Italy. This rich and turbulent era heralds the Age of Enlightenment, and Italian art engages closely with key intellectual debates of the period, including the secular vs. the sacred; the role of the individual within a Catholic state; and the rise of cultural politics over military might. This anthology presents classic and recent scholarship on Italian art from 1600-1750, highlighting key debates with which art historians continue to grapple. Its essays explore the concept of style or the visuality of art; the creation and utilization of art; artistic communication as projected and experienced; and artists interactions with the ancient world and the new sciences. Italian Baroque Art is an innovative, intellectual, and instructional collection for students and lovers of 17th and 18th-century art." -- Back cover
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This anthology presents classic and recent scholarship on Italian art from 1600-1750, highlighting the key debates with which art historians continue to grapple.

Explores themes including: style or the visuality of art; artistic practices and production; artistic communication as projected and experienced; and artists' interactions with the ancient world and with the new sciences Examines the work of key painters, architects and sculptors from this period, including Caravaggio, Bernini, Guarini and Poussin Published in the expanding Blackwell Anthologies in Art History series

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is Baroque? / Erwin Panofsky -- The idea of the painter, the sculptor and the architect / Pietro Bellori Giovan -- Fighting with style / Phillip Sohm -- Bernini's conception of the visual arts: 'un bel composto' / Irving Lavin -- Ars tornandi: Baroque architecture and the lathe / Joseph Connors -- A taste for Tiepolo / Svetlana Alpers and Michael Baxandall -- Practice in the Carracci Academy / Gail Feigenbaum -- Artemisia in her father's house / Patrizia Cavazzini -- Disegni, Bozzetti, Legnetti and Modelli in Roman Seicento sculpture / Jennifer Montagu -- Architects and clods: the emergence of urban planning in the context of palace architecture in seventeenth-century Rome / Dorothy Metzger Habel -- The mechanics of seventeenth-century patronage / Francis Haskell -- Scrambling for scudi: notes on painters' earnings in early Baroque Rome / Richard Spear -- The marketing of Pietro Testa's poetic inventions / Francesco Consagra -- Inside the palace: people and furnishings / Patricia Waddy -- A comment on the iconography of Pietro da Cortona's Barberini ceiling / Walter Vitzthum -- Seeing the shroud: Guarini's reliquary chapel in Turin and the ostentation of a dynastic relic / John Beldon Scott -- Myth and the new science: Vico, Tiepolo, and the language of the Optimates / Christopher Drew Armstrong -- Problems of the theme / Rudolf Wittkower -- Devotion and desire: the reliquary chapel of Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi / Karen-Edis Barzman -- Pastoralism in the Roman Baroque villa and in Claude Lorrain: myths and realities of the Roman Campagna / Mirka Benes -- The role of classical models in Bernini's and Poussin's preparatory work / Rudolf Wittkower -- The Greek style and the prehistory of neoclassicism / Charles Dempsey -- Piranesi and Francesco Bianchini: Capricci in the service of pre-scientific archaeology / Susan M. Dixon -- Cigoli's Immacolata and Galileo's Moon: astronomy and the virgin in early Seicento Rome / Steven F. Ostrow -- The rate of pictures: appearance, truth, and ambiguity / David Freedberg -- Lodoli on function and representation / Joseph Rykwert.

"Grandeur, intensity, passion, and motion these are the defining characteristics of art created during the Baroque period in 17th and early 18th-century Italy. This rich and turbulent era heralds the Age of Enlightenment, and Italian art engages closely with key intellectual debates of the period, including the secular vs. the sacred; the role of the individual within a Catholic state; and the rise of cultural politics over military might. This anthology presents classic and recent scholarship on Italian art from 1600-1750, highlighting key debates with which art historians continue to grapple. Its essays explore the concept of style or the visuality of art; the creation and utilization of art; artistic communication as projected and experienced; and artists interactions with the ancient world and the new sciences. Italian Baroque Art is an innovative, intellectual, and instructional collection for students and lovers of 17th and 18th-century art." -- Back cover

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I Appearances
  • 1 What is Baroque?
  • 2 The Idea of the Painter, the Sculptor and the Architect
  • 3 Fighting with Style
  • 4 Bernini's Conception of the Visual Arts: 'Un Bel Composto'
  • 5 Ars Tornandi: Baroque Architecture and the Lathe
  • 6 A Taste for Tiepolo
  • Part II Artistic Practice, Production and Consumption
  • 7 Practice in the Carracci Academy
  • 8 Artemisia in Her Father's House
  • 9 Disegni, Bozzetti, Legnetti and Modelli in Roman Seicento Sculpture
  • 10 Architects and Clods: The Emergence of Urban Planning in the Context of Palace Architecture in Seventeenth-Century Rome
  • 11 The Mechanics of Seventeenth-Century Patronage
  • 12 Scrambling for Scudi: Notes on Painters' Earnings in Early Baroque Rome
  • 13 The Marketing of Pietro Testa's Poetic Inventions
  • 14 Inside the Palace: People and Furnishings
  • Part III Meaning: Conceived and Received
  • 15 A Comment on the Iconography of Pietro da Cortona's Barberini Ceiling
  • 16 Seeing the Shroud: Guarini's Reliquary Chapel in Turin and the Ostentation of a Dynastic Relic
  • 17 Myth and the New Science: Vico, Tiepolo, and the Language of the Optimates
  • 18 Problems of the Theme
  • 19 Devotion and Desire: The Reliquary Chapel of Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi
  • 20 Pastoralism in the Roman Baroque Villa and in Claude Lorrain
  • Part IV Critique of the Past and the New Science
  • 21 The Role of Classical Models in Bernini's and Poussin's Preparatory Work
  • 22 The Greek Style and the Prehistory of Neoclassicism
  • 23 Piranesi and Francesco Bianchini: Capricci in the Service of Pre-Scientific Archaeology
  • 24 Cigoli's Immacolata and Galileo's Moon: Astronomy and the Virgin in Early Seicento Rome
  • 25 The Fate of Pictures: Appearance, Truth, and Ambiguity
  • 26 Lodoli on Function and Representation

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Susan M. Dixon is Associate Professor of Art History at University of Tulsa, Okalahoma.