![]() ![]() ![]() Both written in 1864 – one by Anna Jameson and the other by Giovanni Cavalcaselle and Joseph Crowe – their original text provides a vivid insight into both the lives of the artists and atmosphere of the time, shedding light on certain works that have since been destroyed or lost, as well as exacting a Victorian critique of artistic technique and form that has since been replaced by a less assertive style of analysis. ISBN: 978-1-78042-805-5 AC Early Italian Painting 4C.qxp 4:23 PM Joseph Archer Crowe & Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle Anna Jameson EARLY ITALIAN PAINTING AC Early Italian Painting 4C.qxp 1:09 PM AC Early Italian Painting 4C.qxp 4:23 PM Contents Introduction: Something about Pictures and Painters 7 Revival of Art in Siena – Fundamental Difference between Sienese and Florentine Art 19 Early Christianity and Art 27 Memoirs of the Early Italian Painters Guido da Siena 37 Giovanni Cimabue 43 Cimabue and the Rucellai Madonna 58 Duccio di Buoninsegna 75 Ugolino di Nerio 88 Segna di Bonaventura 92 Giotto di Bondone 96 Pietro Cavallini 118 The Campo Santo 124 Andrea Orcagna 132 Taddeo Gaddi 138 Simone Martini (Simone Memmi) 141 Conclusion 193 Index 194 5 AC Early Italian Painting 4C.qxp 6 4:23 PM AC Early Italian Painting 4C.qxp 4:23 PM Introduction: Something about Pictures and Painters Note from the Editor: The following passages originally constituted sections of two books that delved into the origins, progression, and development of the Italian Renaissance. Where this is the case, we would appreciate notification. Despite intensive research, it has not always been possible to establish copyright ownership. Unless otherwise specified, copyright on the works reproduced lies with the respective photographers, artists, heirs or estates. No part of this publication may be reproduced or adapted without the permission of the copyright holder, throughout the world. ND613.C76 2011 759.5-dc23 2011033708 © Confidential Concepts, worldwide, USA © Parkstone Press International, New York, USA All rights reserved. both written in 1864-one by Anna Jameson and the other by Giovanni Cavalcaselle and Arthur Crowe”-Note from the editor. “The following passages originally constituted sections of two books. Ltd 61A-63A Vo Van Tan Street 4th Floor District 3, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crowe, J. A C Early Italian Painting Abstract Expressionism Early Italian Painting Joseph Archer Crowe & Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle Anna Jameson AC Early Italian Painting 4C.qxp 4:23 PM Authors: Joseph Archer Crowe & Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle Anna Jameson Layout: Baseline Co. The reader, in the course of these forgotten masterworks, will discover how the sacred began to take a more human form, opening a discrete but definitive door through the use of anthropomorphism, a technique that would be cherished by the Renaissance. In this magnificent book, the authors emphasise the importance that the rivalry between the Sienese and Florentine schools played in the evolution of art history. Ultimately the Early Italian artists wished to make the invisible – visible. The elegance of both line and colour were combined to reinforce specific symbolic choices. The bright gold leafed backgrounds were used to highlight the godliness of the subject. The visages of the figures were painted to shock the spectator in order to emphasise the divinity of the character being represented. ![]() Trying new mediums and techniques, these revolutionary artists no longer painted frescoes on walls, but created the first mobile paintings on wooden panels. Art of Century Collection Dadaism Post-Impressionism Abstraction Early Italian Painting The Pre-Raphaelites American Scene Expressionism The Viennese Secession Arts & Crafts Fauvism Rayonnism Art Deco Free Figuration Realism Art Informel Futurism Regionalism Art Nouveau Gothic Art Renaissance Art Arte Povera Hudson River School Rococo Ashcan School Impressionism Romanesque Art Baroque Art Mannerism Romanticism Bauhaus The Nabis Russian Avant-Garde Byzantine Art Naive Art School of Barbizon Camden Town Group Naturalism Social Realism COBRA Neoclassicism Surrealism Constructivism New Realism Symbolism Cubism Pop Art O scillating between the majesty of the Greco-Byzantine tradition and the modernity predicted by Giotto, Early Italian Painting addresses the first important aesthetic movement that would lead to the Renaissance, the Italian Primitives. ![]()
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