The art collector in early modern Italy : Andrea Odoni and his Venetian palace / Monika Schmitter, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmitter, Monika Anne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Odoni, Andrea, 1488-1545.

Odoni, Andrea.

Art--Collectors and collecting--Italy--Venice--History--16th century.

Art.

Art and society--Italy--Venice--History--16th century.

Art and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Lorenzo Lotto's Portrait of Andrea Odoni is one of the most famous paintings of the Italian Renaissance. Son of an immigrant and a member of the non-noble citizen class, Odoni understood how the power of art could make a name for himself and his family in his adopted homeland. Far from emulating Venetian patricians, however, he set himself apart through the works he collected and the way he displayed them. In this book, Monika Schmitter imaginatively reconstructs Odoni's house - essentially a 'portrait' of Odoni through his surroundings and possessions. Schmitter's detailed analysis of Odoni's life and portrait reveals how sixteenth-century individuals drew on contemporary ideas about spirituality, history, and science to forge their own theories about the power of things and the agency of object. She shows how Lotto's painting served as a meta-commentary on the practice of collecting and on the ability of material things to transform the self.

Contents:

Venice in transition

Second generation Venetian

Odoni's façade

Creating Rome in Venice : the antigaia

The portego

The camere

Transmuting the self : Lotto's portrait of Odoni.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Aug 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-93443-9

1-108-93519-2

1-108-93331-9

OCLC:

1230251029