Agnolo Bronzino : Medici court artist in context / edited by Andrea M. Gáldy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gáldy, Andrea M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronzino, Agnolo, 1503-1572--Criticism and interpretation.

Bronzino, Agnolo.

Medici, House of--Art patronage.

Medici, House of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) has long been celebrated as the consummate court painter and his sumptuous portrayals of Duke Cosimo de' Medici and Duchess Eleonora de Toledo have become icons of Italian Renaissance art. In this volume, an international assembly of scholars advances modern perceptions of Bronzino's art by applying fresh research paradigms not only to the well-known portraits, but also to other painted subjects, frescoes, and tapestries within the context of ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ABREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ABSTRACTS; CHAPTER ONE - STYLE AND DRESS; CHAPTER TWO - BRONZINO'S PORTRAIT OF MARIA SALVIATI; CHAPTER THREE - IDENTITY AND LIKENESS; CHAPTER FOUR - BRONZINO'S CORPUS BETWEEN ANCIENT MODELS AND MODERN MASTERS; CHAPTER FIVE - BRONZINO AND HIS FRIENDS; CHAPTER SIX - ALTERED CONTEXT; CHAPTER SEVEN - TOWARDS A POSTMODERNIST BRONZINO?*; BIBLIOGRAPHY; AUTHORS' BIOGRAPHIES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 20, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6635-0

OCLC:

890530317