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Overview"""In sixteenth-century Venice, paintings were often treated as living beings. As this book shows, paintings attended dinner parties, healed the sick, made money, and became involved in love affairs. Presenting a range of case studies, Elsje van Kessel offers a detailed examination of the agency paintings and other two dimensional images could exert. This lifelike agency is not only connected to the seemingly naturalistic style of these images – works by Titian, Giorgione and their contemporaries, illustrated here in 150 plates. It also brought in relation to their social-historical contexts, meticulously unravelled through archival research. Grounded in the theoretical literature on the agency of material things, The Lives of Paintings contributes to Venetian studies as well as engaging with wider debates on the attribution of life and presence to images and objects.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elsje van KesselPublisher: Leiden University Press Imprint: Leiden University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 26.40cm Weight: 0.998kg ISBN: 9789087282813ISBN 10: 9087282818 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 01 May 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. A Modern Miracle: Christ Carrying the Cross in the Scuola di San Rocco 3. A Portrait Defaced: The Donor Portrait of Broccardo Malchiostro in the Duomo of Treviso 4. A Martyr of Painting: Irene di Spilimbergo, Titian, and Venetian Portraiture between Life and Death 5. Politics, Portraits, and Love: Francesco Bembo, Bianca Capello and ‘the Most Beautiful 6. Conclusion Epilogue: Life in the Collection Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Colour Plates IndexReviewsAuthor InformationElsje van Kessel is PHD art historian and fellow at the Centre Allemand d’Histoire de l’Art in Paris. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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