Cosmè Tura of Ferrara

Cosmè Tura of Ferrara

Author: Stephen John Campbell

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0300072198

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Amajor study of Cosm� Tura (c.1430-1495) who came to prominence as painter to the Este court. As well as close examination of his paintings, Tura's life and works are used as a starting point for the investigation of the 15th cent artist's role and status at court, and urban culture.


Cosmè Tura

Cosmè Tura

Author: Joseph Manca

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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This is the first major monograph to appear in forty years of the major Italian Renaissance painter, Cosmé Tura. Tura worked for the Estense court in Ferrara which was one of the leading cultural centers in fifteenth-century Italy. The richly illustrated book includes a catalogue raisonné and full transcriptions of the original documents that record his life.


The Passion Story

The Passion Story

Author: Marcia Ann Kupfer

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780271033075

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"The incidence of Passion imagery in diverse media is fundamental to the histories of Christian piety, church politics, and art in European and American societies. At the same time, the visualization and reenactment of Christ's suffering has for centuries been the principal engine generating popular perceptions of Jews and Judaism. The essays collected in this book, written by eminent scholars with an eye toward the nonspecialist reader, broadly survey the depiction and dramatization of the Passion and consider the significance of this representational focus for both Christians and Jews. This anthology provides a unique, multifaceted overview of a subject of enduring importance in today's religiously pluralistic societies."--BOOK JACKET.


Choirs of Angels

Choirs of Angels

Author: Barbara Drake Boehm

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1588393054

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This delightful book describes and illustrates the Metropolitan Museum's collection of nearly 40 illuminations from Italian choral manuscripts. Representing the work of Gothic and Renaissance masters both celebrated and anonymous, these precious paintings in miniature---with their compelling narrative, brilliant color, and shining gold---bear witness to exceptional aesthetic accomplishment. The choir books they illuminate are a rich source of information about the development of chant, whose unexpected transcendent tonalities have abiding appeal today. They also serve as primary sources for the study of the lives of religious communities and of the philosophy and faith that infused medieval Europe, offering a glimpse of Italy at the dawn of the Renaissance.


The Cabinet of Eros

The Cabinet of Eros

Author: Stephen John Campbell

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780300117530

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The Renaissance studiolo was a space devoted in theory to private reading. The most famous studiolo of all was that of Isabella d'Este, marchioness of Mantua. This work explores the function of the mythological image within a Renaissance culture of collectors.


Venice to Bolzano - Adriatic and Venetian Civilization

Venice to Bolzano - Adriatic and Venetian Civilization

Author: Enrico Massetti

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-12-17

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1329769503

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This is a guide to a 15 days trip in the north-east of Italy: round trip Venice to Bolzano passing through Grado, Aquileia, Trieste, Pordenone, Udine, Pieve di Cadore, Cortina d'Ampezzo, and returning through Trento, Lake Garda, Verona, Vicenza, Ferrara and Ravenna. There are extensive descriptions and photos of the attractions. It contains many reviews for the best recommended restaurants that are at the location described. You have the basic information ready: the name, address and telephone number are included in the guide together with the review.


Drawings in Midwestern Collections

Drawings in Midwestern Collections

Author: Burton Lewis Dunbar

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780826210623

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Old master drawings kept in storage, their access limited to a few, will now be made widely accessible in this new series which will eventually include all drawings in some 70 midwestern collections. The first volume introduces a corpus of the rarest of European drawings through the year 1500, a time when artists had just begun to value drawings as works of art. It presents 30 entries written by 12 scholars, each a specialist in the art of the period, and each with immediate access to the artwork itself. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Investigative Aesthetics

Investigative Aesthetics

Author: Matthew Fuller

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2021-08-24

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1788739086

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A new field of counterinvestigation across in human rights, art and law Today, artists are engaged in investigation. They probe corruption, human rights violations, environmental crimes and technological domination. At the same time, areas not usually thought of as artistic make powerful use of aesthetics. Journalists and legal professionals pore over opensource videos and satellite imagery to undertake visual investigations. This combination of diverse fields is what the authors call “investigative aesthetics”: the mobilisation of sensibilities associated with art, architecture and other such practices in order to speak truth to power. Investigative Aesthetics draws on theories of knowledge, ecology and technology; evaluates the methods of citizen counter-forensics, micro-history and art; and examines radical practices such as those of WikiLeaks, Bellingcat, and Forensic Architecture. These new practices take place in the studio and the laboratory, the courtroom and the gallery, online and in the streets, as they strive towards the construction of a new common sense. Matthew Fuller and Eyal Weizman have here provided an inspiring introduction to a new field that will change how we understand and confront power today. To Nour Abuzaid for your brilliance, perseverance, and unshaken belief in the liberation of Palestine.