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Titian's icons : tradition, charisma, and devotion in Renaissance Italy / Christopher J. Nygren.
Fine Arts Library ND623.T7 N94 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nygren, Christopher J., 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Titian, approximately 1488-1576--Criticism and interpretation.
- Titian, approximately 1488-1576.
- Icon painting--Italy--History--16th century.
- Christian art and symbolism--Italy--16th century.
- Painting, Renaissance--Italy.
- Painting, Renaissance.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Icon painting.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Italy.
- Icon painting--Italy.
- Christian art and symbolism--Italy--History.
- Painting, Italian--16th century.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "A reexamination of the career of Titian, the only Renaissance artist credited by contemporaries with painting a miracle-working image. Argues that a major part of the artist's legacy is to be found in his charismatic entrance into the tradition of Christian icon painting"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Icons and Agency: The San Rocco Christ Carrying the Cross
- 2. Icons and Exegesis in Ferrara: Christ with the Coin and Judith/Salome
- 3. Erasmian Icons: Visualizing the Philosophia Christi
- 4. Icons and Community: Rome and the Network of Ecce Homos
- 5. Rupestrian Icons: Ecce Homo on Slate, Mater Dolorosa on Marble, and the Matter of Devotion
- 6. Explicit Icons: Historicity Between Tradition and Self
- 7. The Twilight of the Icon? Titian's Pieta in the Gallerie dellAccademia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271085036
- 0271085037
- OCLC:
- 1121292798
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