Titian's icons : tradition, charisma, and devotion in Renaissance Italy / Christopher J. Nygren.

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