Giovanni di Francesco and the Master of Pratovecchio
Giovanni di Francesco and the Master of Pratovecchio

Author: Burton B. Fredericksen

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1974-01-01

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 0892360143

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The Getty Museum’s curator of paintings traces the provenance of the so-called Poggibonsi Altarpiece, one of the Museum’s fifteenth-century triptychs, attributing it to Giovanni di Francesco. He also discusses the possible identification of Giovanni as the Master of Pratovecchio and then catalogues works attributed to both painters that form part of other museum collections.

The Enigma of Piero
The Enigma of Piero

Author: Carlo Ginzburg

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 1789607795

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Sifting the available evidence, Carlo Ginzburg builds up a vivid portrait of Piero della Francesca's patrons and convincingly explains the contemporary intrigues resonant in his painting. This new edition, extensively illustrated, includes additional material by Ginzburg dealing with the work of Roberto Longhi, the dating of the Arezzo Cycle, and the rediscovery of della Francesca in the twentieth century.

Catalogue of the Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Catalogue of the Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Author: Burton B. Fredericksen

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1972-01-01

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1606063812

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"[V. 1] contains all the paintings belonging to the museum as of October, 1971, plus a few of the more important acquisitions made before the manuscript was submitted to the printer five months later." -- Preface.

From Filippo Lippi to Piero Della Francesca
From Filippo Lippi to Piero Della Francesca

Author: Pinacoteca di Brera

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1588391434

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In doing so, it examines the art of Florence in the 1440s and the work of, among others, Fra Filippo Lippi, Domenico Veneziano, Luca della Robbia, and Michelozzo."--BOOK JACKET.

The Badia of Florence
The Badia of Florence

Author: Anne Leader

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0253355672

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The Santa Maria di Firenze, the venerable Benedictine abbey located in the heart of Florence, is the subject of this book. Leader's richly illustrated, interdisciplinary study examines the abbey's history during the Renaissance.

The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal
The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

Author: The J. Paul Getty Muiseum

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1977-01-01

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 0892360062

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The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 4 is a compendium of articles and notes pertaining to the Museum’s permanent collections of decorative arts. This volume includes an introduction and two articles by Gillian Wilson, Curator of Decorative Arts. Volume 4 also features articles by Jiří Frel, the Museum’s Curator of Antiquities; Edith Standen, Curatorial Consultant, Department of Western European Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Geraldine Hussman, California State University at Northridge; Jean-Luc Bordeaux, Professor of Art History and Director of the Fine Arts Gallery, California State University at Northridge; and Faya Causey, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist Art: Abacco to Lysippus
Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist Art: Abacco to Lysippus

Author: Jane Turner

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 1192

ISBN-13:

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The two alphabetically arranged volumes cover all of the major artistic developments in Italy from c.1300 to c.1600, a period that marks the Renaissance of the humanistic spirit of classical antiquity. All three periods of the Renaissance are covered: early, high and late.

Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna

Author: Stephen J. Campbell

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-01-19

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1118921143

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Andrea Mantegna: Making Art (History) presents the art of Mantegna as challenging the parameters of the history of art in the demands it makes upon historical interpretation, and explores the artist’s potentially transformative impact on the study of the early Renaissance. Features an array of new methodologies for the study of Mantegna and early Renaissance art Critically addresses the question of iconography and “literary” art, as well as the politics of the monographic exhibition Includes translations of two seminal accounts of the artist by Roberto Longhi and Daniel Arasse, key texts not previously available in English Explores the Mantegna’s potentially transformative impact on the study of the early Renaissance

Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters
Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters

Author: Christiansen, Keith

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2014-01-13

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0300199465

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Prominent Renaissance scholars reveal new insights into Piero’s life and work based on a study of his exquisite small panel paintings.