Nicholas Penny

Francis Haskell

A history of the development of critical opinions on ancient Greek and Roman sculpture discusses the owners, identification, copies, and fame of individual statues.

The Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900

Taste and the Antique

Clore Curator of Renaissance Art Former Keeper of Western Art Nicholas Penny

Professor Francis Haskell

Taste and the Antique offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of the reception and afterlife of the most famous ancient statues discovered in Rome and Italy from the Renaissance to the close of the nineteenth century. Before Leonardo's Mona Lisa, Botticelli's Birth of Venus or Van Gogh's Sunflowers, sculptures like the Laocoon, the Apollo Belvedere or the Medici Venus set the taste of artists, connoisseurs and the educated elites of the West for almost five centuries. Reproduced in every possible media for gardens and palaces throughout Europe, celebrated by poets and writers from Marino and Byron to Proust and Dickens, they served as sources of inspiration for artists as diverse as Michelangelo, Rubens and Turner. Originally published in 1981, Taste and the Antique was hailed by Ernst Gombrich as a thought-provoking work that met a 'long-felt want'. Reprinted five times since with minor alterations, Haskell and Penny's book has become a classic of art history that is still used as the standard reference by scholars and anyone interested in the reception of the classical tradition. This new edition offers a complete revision of the original text to incorporate updates and new information on the single statues and their context in the light of research undertaken in the field over the past three decades.

The Lure of Classical Sculpture: 1500-1900

Piranesi

Fabio Barry

Shelley Sturman

Anthony Radcliffe

Marietta Camberari

Details with photographs and explanations of each piece found in the private collection of Robert H. Smith renaissance bronzes.

The Robert H. Smith Collection

Art of the Renaissance Bronze, 1500-1650

Surveying the sculpture of many civilizations from ancient Egypt to 20th-century North America, this book provides a basic introduction to the nature of materials used by sculptors, examining how these were regarded as well as how they were worked in different periods and in different cultures.

The Materials of Sculpture

Michael Clarke

Richard Payne Knight, 1751-1824 : Essays on Richard Payne Knight Together with a Catalogue of Works Exhibited at the Whitworth Art Gallery, 1982

The Arrogant Connoisseur

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Hollis Clayson

Peter W. Parshall

Hammer Museum

David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art

Christiane Hertel

For many today, the art of the late nineteenth century is equated with impressionism and post-impressionism. This book with its insightful essays and remarkable works of art presents us with an alternative account of the period. For collectors the experience of prints, drawings, and small sculptures was often a private affair, like taking a book down from the shelf for quiet enjoyment. Prints and drawings were kept aside, compiled in albums and portfolios, while medals and bronzes were often placed in the seclusion of the library. In short, such works of art were not typically a part of one's day-to-day environment in the manner of a framed object hung on a wall. Rather, they were subject to purposeful study on chosen occasions. From the beginning this element of discreteness allowed for degrees of experiment, leading artists to some times recherche, sometimes enigmatic, and often melancholy subjects that indulged the solitary circumstances of their reception. By explicating a range of highly engaging, often mysterious and beautiful objects, The Darker Side of Light evokes the shadowed interiors and private introspections that compose a far less familiar history of late nineteenth century art.

Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900

The Darker Side of Light

Susan Foister

Jill Dunkerton

Dillian Gordon

"This book provides a survey of European painting between 1260 and 1510, in both northern and southern Europe, based largely on the National Gallery collection ... some 70 of the finest and best known paintings in the Gallery are examined in detail"--Cover.

Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery

Giotto to Dürer

National Gallery (Great Britain)

Sergio Guarino

Elena Greer

Duncan Bull

Philip Attwood

Carol Plazzotta

Lorne Campbell

Karen Serres

Molly Ann Faries

Minna Moore Ede

Simona Di Nepi

Miguel Falomir

Luke Syson

Jennifer Fletcher

Almudena Pérez de Tudela

Pilar Silva Maroto

"This survey traces the development of portrait painting in Northern and Southern Europe during the Renaissance, when the genre first flourished. Both regions developed their own distinct styles and techniques, but each was influenced by the other. Focusing on the relationship between artists of the north and south, renowned specialists analyse the notion of likeness - at that time based not only on accurate reference to posterity, but incorporating all aspects of human life, including propaganda, power,courtship, love, family, ambition and hierarchy. Essays and individual catalogue entries present new research on works by some of the greatest portraitists of the period, including Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Durer, Jan van Eyck, Hans Holbein and Titan, all magnificently illustrated."--Jacket.

Van Eyck to Titian

Renaissance Faces

Raphael

Roger Jones

Raffaello Sanzio

Wolfson Professor of General Practice Roger Jones

Traces the life and career of the great Renaissance artist, provides a thorough historical background, and discusses the nature of Raphael's genius.

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