Venetian Canvas and the Transformation of Painting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nisse, Cleo.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A richly illustrated investigation of how the adoption of canvas revolutionized Venetian Renaissance painting, from the Bellini and Titian to Veronese and Tintoretto Between the fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries, European painting underwent a profound transformation as artists increasingly painted on canvas instead of wood or walls.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

1. Blank Canvas: Naming, Making, and Trading

2. Prelude: Practices of Canvas Painting Pre-1475

3. Canvas City: Cycles and Altarpieces 1474-1538

4. Fabric and Facture: Canvas in the Pittura di Macchia

5. Stretching the Limits

Conclusion. Altar Cloths and Arachne's Web

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Photo Credits.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-691-27168-2

9780691271682

OCLC:

1577548993