Art and love in Renaissance Italy edited by Andrea Bayer ; Andrea Bayer, Beverly Louise Brown, Nancy Edwards, Everett Fahy, Deborah L. Krohn, Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, Luke Syson, Dora Thornton, James Grantham Turner, and Linda Wolk-Simon ; with contributions by Sarah Cartwright, Andreas Henning, Jessie McNab, J. Kenneth Moore, Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, Wendy Thompson, and Jeremy Warren

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bayer, Andrea, editor of compilation.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Kimbell Art Museum

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love in art--Exhibitions.

Love in art.

Marriage in art--Exhibitions.

Marriage in art.

Art, Renaissance--Italy--Exhibitions.

Art, Renaissance.

Art, Italian--Exhibitions.

Art, Italian.

Italy.

Genre:

Art criticism

Exhibition catalogs

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 376 pages) illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art New Haven Yale University Press [2008]

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

"Many famous artworks of the Italian Renaissance were made to celebrate love, marriage, and family. They were the pinnacles of a tradition, dating from early in the era, of commemorating betrothals, marriages, and the birth of children by commissioning extraordinary objects - maiolica, glassware, jewels, textiles, paintings - that were often also exchanged as gifts. This volume is the first comprehensive survey of artworks arising from Renaissance rituals of love and marriage and makes a major contribution to our understanding of Renaissance art in its broader cultural context. The impressive range of works gathered in these pages extends from birth trays painted in the early fifteenth century to large canvases on mythological themes that Titian painted in the mid-1500s. Each work of art would have been recognized by contemporary viewers for its prescribed function within the private, domestic domain."--Jacket

Contents:

Introduction: art and love in Renaissance Italy Andrea Bayer Marriage as a key to understanding the past Deborah L. Krohn The marriage portrait in the Renaissance, or some woman named Ginevra Everett Fahy Wives, lovers, and art in Italian Renaissance courts Jacqueline Marie Musacchio "Rapture to the greedy eyes": profane love in the Renaissance Linda Wolk-Simon

Catalogue. Commemorating betrothal, marriage, and childbirth Rites of passage: art objects to celebrate betrothal, marriage, and the family Deborah L. Krohn Maiolica of love and marriage Belle Donne, facing couples, and Fede The cruelty of love : Amor Crudel Marriage glassware Gifts and furnishings for the home Cassone panels and chests Manuscripts and books and the rituals of love and marriage Childbirth and family Profane love : the challenge of sexuality James Grantham Turner Paintings Drawings Books and prints Maiolica Bronzes Accessories The paintings of love and marriage From Cassone to Poesia : paintings of love and marriage Andrea Bayer Picturing the perfect marriage : the equilibrium of sense and sensibility in Titian's Sacred and Profane Love Beverly Louise Brown Belle : picturing beautiful women Luke Syson Betrothal and marriage Family Widows The Camera : Spalliere and other paintings Illustrious women Belle Donne Mythologies and allegories

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-364) and index

Issued in connection with an exhibition held at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 11, 2008-February 16, 2009, and Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, March 15-June 14, 2009

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011

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Other Format:

Print version Art and love in Renaissance Italy

OCLC:

737616043