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Category: Art History
Pittori Greci
Gruppo Archeologico Romano. Ernesto De Carolis. ©1989, Softcover, 111 pages. Testo italiano. Dell’ampia produzione greca non rimangono purtroppo che pallidi riflessi nella contemporanea pittura vasaria e nelle pitture tombali dell’Italia centro-meridionale. Questo libro ripercorre tutta la storia della pittura greca dalle origini fino all’incontro con il mondo romano, con un completo e dettagliato catalogo dei maggiori pittori greci e delle…
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith
The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art. Elizabeth Lev. Sophia Institute, ©2018. Paperback, 310 pp. Desperate to restore the peace and recover the unity of Faith, Catholic theologians clarified and reaffirmed Catholic doctrines, but turned as well to another form of evangelization: the Arts. Convinced that to win over the unlettered, the best place to fight heresy was…
Caravaggio
Patrick Hunt. Haus Publishing, London, ©2004. Softcover, 162 pages. Underlining and occasional extra notes by me. Concise, all the data you need. €5.
Ravenna, City of Art
Edizioni Salbaroli-Ravenna. No author, no date. Softcover, 143 pages. An excellent, concise, well illustrate book. A good prelude to seeing the actual mosaics. The Italian guides published (in English) by Edizioni Salbaroli of Milan are the best around. This one contains a brief potted history (no mean feat as it was a very important place at one time), a simple…
The Fifteenth Century Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
Recent Restorations, Volume IV. Jorge Maria Cardinal Mejia, Arnold Nesselrath e others. Vatican City State, ©2003. Softcover, 249 pages. 222 colour photographs, 7 b/w photographs, 12 diagrams. Completely dedicated to the restoration of the frescoes depicting episodes in the lives of Christ and Moses, painted on the side walls of the Sistine Chapel by some of the greatest artists of…
Raphael’s School of Athens
Recent Restorations, Volume I. Arnold Nesselrath. Vatican City State, ©1997. Softcover, 109 pages – 37 pages of text, the rest are plates. This volume, documenting its restoration, is richly illustrated and carefully documented in minute detail. This monumental work of Renaissance art, painted as a tribute to the virtue of Truth, will be further understood and appreciated by art lovers…
Guide to the Masterpieces of the Pinacoteca Vaticana
Barbara Furlotti. Scala, ©2008. Softcover, 125 pages with index. Underlining in pencil. A lot of guides won’t do the Pinacoteca, because there it appears like you really have to know your stuff. Well, this is the book to get you started. Rather than suffer the crowds of the Raphael Rooms, you can take your guests on a walk through art…
In the Light of Apollo
Italian Renaissance and Greece, Vol. 1. National Gallery, 2003. cm.23×31, pp. 583. peso 2.750 kilo. €15. Paintings, sculptures, bronze statuettes, wedding chests, medals, plaquettes, illustrated manuscripts, majolicas, and rare and valuable objects such as cameos and seals from the Medici treasures captured the magic of the Renaissance, marked by its longing for the Greek antiquity. Legendary heroes of this great…
Arte Gotica, Martindale
Arte Gotica. Andrew Martindale. Rusconi, 1990. Softcover, 288 pagine. Color and b/w images throughout. €5.