Giovanni da Rimini : Scenes from the lives of the Virgin and other Saints / Anna Koopstra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koopstra, Anna, author.

Contributor:

National Gallery (Great Britain), issuing body, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Giovanni, da Rimini, active 1292-1309--Exhibitions.

Giovanni.

Giovanni, da Rimini, active 1292-1309. Scenes from the lives of the Virgin and other Saints--Exhibitions.

Painting, Medieval--Italy--Rimini--Exhibitions.

Painting, Medieval.

Painting, Italian--Italy--Rimini--14th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Italian.

Christian art and symbolism--Medieval, 500-1500--Exhibitions.

Christian art and symbolism.

Christian saints in art--Exhibitions.

Christian saints in art.

Italy--Rimini.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogues.

Physical Description:

64 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Distribution:

[New Haven] : Distributed by Yale University Press : 2017.

Other Title:

Giovanni da Rimini, a 14th-century masterpiece unveiled.

Place of Publication:

London : National Gallery, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Director's preface

Introduction

I. Giovanni da Rimini and painting in Rimini around 1300

II. Giovanni da Rimini's Scenes from the lives of the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Francis and Saint John the Baptist

III. (Hinged) diptych, pendant panel or independent panel painting?: reconsidering the painting's original function.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-63).

"Published to accompany the exhibition "Giovanni da Rimini: a 14th-century Masterpiece Unveiled, 14 June - 8 October 2017."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781857096224

1857096223

OCLC:

990412706