Lila Acheson Wallace - Reader’s Digest Publications Subsidy

In Michelangelo's Mirror: Perino Del Vaga, Daniele Da Volterra, Pellegrino Tibaldi
Hansen, Morten Steen. 2013. In Michelangelo's Mirror: Perino Del Vaga, Daniele Da Volterra, Pellegrino Tibaldi. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 218. Publisher's Version Abstract
Mannerism and imitation -- Gigantum arrogantia: Raphael vs. Michelangelo in Perino del Vaga -- Daniele da Volterra's contested subject -- Pellegrino Tibaldi's Apologus Alcinoi -- Painting and counter-reformation in the Poggi Chapel."Explores the imitation of Michelangelo by three artists, Perino del Vaga, Daniele da Volterra, and Pellegrino Tibaldi, from the 1520s to the time around Michelangelo's death in 1564. Argues that his Mannerist followers applied imitation to identify with and/or create ironical distance from to the older artist"--Provided by publisher.
Albrecht Dürer nelle Fonti Italiane Antiche, 1508-1686
Fara, Giovanni Maria. 2014. Albrecht Dürer nelle Fonti Italiane Antiche, 1508-1686. Vol. 426. Firenze: L. S. Olschki, 426, 588. Publisher's Version Abstract
"The core of this book is the catalogue of the Italian sources of Dürer's artwork; the chronological organization of the entries helps to trace a new image of Dürer as both a theorist of art and science, and a master engraver and painter, with results that substantially change our vision of his relationship with Italy. The volume also offers a first analytical index of Dürer's treatises kept in the Italian libraries"--Provided by publisher.
The Making of Assisi: the Pope, The Franciscans and the Painting of the Basilica
Cooper, Donal, and Janet Robson. 2013. The Making of Assisi: the Pope, The Franciscans and the Painting of the Basilica. New Haven: Yale University Press, 296. Publisher's Version Abstract
Nicholas IV: a Franciscan pope -- Power and patronage at Assisi -- The Upper Church in 1288 -- Planning the nave programme -- 'Franciscus alter Christus' -- Rebuilding the church -- Ascending to God, descending to neighbour."For a brief moment at the close of the 13th century, the town of Assisi was the focus for the two greatest powers in the Latin Church: the Roman papacy and the Franciscan Order. The election in 1288 of Nicholas IV, the first Franciscan pope, was the catalyst for the creation of frescoes of unprecedented intellectual ambition in the Basilica of San Francesco. At the heart of the new decorative scheme were twenty-eight scenes depicting the life of Saint Francis. Putting to one side the long debate about whether the Saint Francis cycle was or was not painted by Giotto, The Making of Assisi takes a fresh approach and treats the cycle as part of a larger, integrated, and far-reaching program of renewal at the Basilica. ... Donal Cooper and Janet Robson investigate the particular historical moment in which the frescoes were made, casting new light on their patronage and iconography."--Publisher's website.
Titian, Colonna, and the Renaissance Science of Procreation: Equicola's Seasons of Desire
Alfonso d'Este's Camerino, Mario Equicola, and the libidinal seasons : Proemium. The libido in winter : Bellini's (and Titian's) Feast of the gods -- The libido in springtime : Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne -- The libido in summer : Titian's Bacchanal of the Andrians -- The libido in autumn : Titian's Feast of Venus -- Interpreting the Camerino : Titian's bacchanal as procreative pedagogy -- Colonna's Poliphilus' : The science and season of sexual performance : Proemium. Duke Gibaldo's dysfunction : Poliphilus and the diagnosis of love -- Poliphilus's nightmare and erotic magic : an excursus on the bewitching of the male genitalia -- Poliphilus's wet dream -- A Venus in the bedroom -- Coloring the roses : Colonna, Titian, and the "third Venus" -- A sacred/profane love : the Dodonian font and Poliphilus's wedding.

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