Item Number: 117753 Title: Carlo Cesare Malvasia : Felsina Pittrice: Volume I: Early Bolognese Painting Author: Pericolo, Lorenzo (ed) ; Elizabeth Cropper (intro., trans.) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9781905375844 Description: Turnhout: Harvey Miller, 2012. 28cm., hardcover, 536pp., 150 color illus. Summary: This richly illustrated volume provides a translation and critical edition of the opening part of the Felsina pittrice, which focuses on the art of late medieval Bologna. The text is unusual in the context of the Felsina pittrice as a whole in that it seeks to record what survives in the city, rather than focusing on individual artists. In response to Vasari’s account of the Renaissance of painting in Florence, Malvasia offers a colorful and valuable portrait of Trecento painting in Bologna, noting the location and condition of destroyed or whitewashed frescoes, dismantled polyptychs, and paintings for which no other record survives. Malvasia provides crucial information on works by important fourteenth-century painters such as Lippo di Dalmasio, Simone dei Crocefissi, and Vitale da Bologna. Included in the volume are historical notes to the text and to the transcriptions of the Scritti originali, published here in their entirety for the first time. The notes enrich our understanding of individual works and identify the sources Malvasia used. Elizabeth Cropper’s introductory essay serves to establish the significance of Malvasia as a historian of art, while Carlo Alberto Girotto’s bibliographical essay analyses the production and reception of the Felsina pittrice as a whole. (Felsina Pittrice: The Lives of the Bolognese Painters, A Critical and Annotated Translation, 1. ^Series to be complete in 16 volumes, standing orders invited^) We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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