Guercino? Paintings and His Patrons?Politics in Early Modern Italy
Guercino? Paintings and His Patrons?Politics in Early Modern Italy

Author: DanielM. Unger

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1351564811

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Guercino's Paintings and His Patrons' Politics in Early Modern Italy examines how the seventeenth-century Italian painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (better known as Il Guercino) instilled the political ideas of his patrons into his paintings. As it focuses on eight works showing religious scenes and scenes taken from Roman history, this volume bridges the gap between social and cultural history and the history of art, untangling the threads of art, politics, and religion during the time of the Thirty Years' War. A prolific painter, Guercino enjoyed the patronage of such luminaries as Pope Gregory XV, Cardinals Serra, Ludovisi, Spada, and Magalotti, and the French secretary of state La Vrilli?. While scholarly research has been devoted to Guercino's oeuvre, this book is the first to place his works squarely in the context of the political and social circumstances of seventeenth-century Italy, stressing the points of view and agendas of his powerful patrons. What were once meanings only apparent to the educated elite?or those familiar with the political affairs of the time?are now scrutinized and clarified for an audience far from the struggles of early modern Europe.

Guercino? Paintings and His Patrons?Politics in Early Modern Italy
Guercino? Paintings and His Patrons?Politics in Early Modern Italy

Author: DanielM. Unger

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 135156482X

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Guercino's Paintings and His Patrons' Politics in Early Modern Italy examines how the seventeenth-century Italian painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (better known as Il Guercino) instilled the political ideas of his patrons into his paintings. As it focuses on eight works showing religious scenes and scenes taken from Roman history, this volume bridges the gap between social and cultural history and the history of art, untangling the threads of art, politics, and religion during the time of the Thirty Years' War. A prolific painter, Guercino enjoyed the patronage of such luminaries as Pope Gregory XV, Cardinals Serra, Ludovisi, Spada, and Magalotti, and the French secretary of state La Vrilli?. While scholarly research has been devoted to Guercino's oeuvre, this book is the first to place his works squarely in the context of the political and social circumstances of seventeenth-century Italy, stressing the points of view and agendas of his powerful patrons. What were once meanings only apparent to the educated elite?or those familiar with the political affairs of the time?are now scrutinized and clarified for an audience far from the struggles of early modern Europe.

Guercino's Paintings and His Patrons' Politics in Early Modern Italy
Guercino's Paintings and His Patrons' Politics in Early Modern Italy

Author: Daniel M. Unger

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Guercino's Paintings and His Patrons' Politics in Early Modern Italy examines how the seventeenth-century painter Guercino instilled the political ideas of his powerful patrons-including Pope Gregory XV, Cardinal Spada, and La Vrillière-into his paintings. Bridging the gap between social history and art history, the book untangles the threads of art, politics, and religion during the time of the Thirty Years' War as it interprets eight paintings of religious and Roman historical scenes.

Guercino
Guercino

Author: Julian Brooks

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2006-12-04

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0892368624

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Why is a cross-eyed man from the small town of Cento in northern Italy now regarded as one of the greatest draftsmen of the seventeenth century? Featuring important Guercino drawings from the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, this volume looks deeply into the nature of the artist’s extraordinary talent for drawing.

Guercino: 247 Colour Plates
Guercino: 247 Colour Plates

Author: Maria Peitcheva

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-01

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781533568168

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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 - 1666), best known as Guercino, or Il Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from the region of Emilia, and active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous naturalism of his early manner is in contrast to the classical equilibrium of his later works. His many drawings are noted for their luminosity and lively style. Guercino was remarkable for the extreme rapidity of his executions: he completed no fewer than 106 large altarpieces for churches, and his other paintings amount to about 144. He was also a prolific draftsman. His production includes many drawings, usually in ink, washed ink, or red chalk. Most of them were made as preparatory studies for his paintings, but he also drew landscapes, genre subjects, and caricatures for his own enjoyment. Guercino's drawings are known for their fluent style in which "rapid, calligraphic pen strokes combined with dots, dashes, and parallel hatching lines describe the forms".

Guercino: His Palette
Guercino: His Palette

Author: Arron Adams

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-25

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781534910959

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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 - 1666), best known as Guercino, or Il Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from the region of Emilia, and active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous naturalism of his early manner is in contrast to the classical equilibrium of his later works. His many drawings are noted for their luminosity and lively style. Guercino was remarkable for the extreme rapidity of his executions: he completed no fewer than 106 large altarpieces for churches, and his other paintings amount to about 144. He was also a prolific draftsman. His production includes many drawings, usually in ink, washed ink, or red chalk. Most of them were made as preparatory studies for his paintings, but he also drew landscapes, genre subjects, and caricatures for his own enjoyment. Guercino's drawings are known for their fluent style in which "rapid, calligraphic pen strokes combined with dots, dashes, and parallel hatching lines describe the forms".