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David Bowie's : Tintoretto, the lost church of San Geminiano
by Jaynie Anderson; Andrea Bayes
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 9463887016
- ISBN 13
- 9789463887014
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Hannibal 2019. Hardcover, 176 pages, ENG. edition, 290 x 230 x 20 mm, NEW !!, illustrated dustjacket, illustrated in color / b/w. ISBN 9789463887014. When the painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594) around 1560-1570 Saint Catherine painted, a 0monumental altarpiece for the Venetian church San Geminiano, his fame had reached a peak. 'Capriccioso, presto, e risoluto', that is how the Italian art historian Giorgio Vasari described him at the time. Fickle, fast and determined. Vasari found Tintoretto's style difficult places but still found it one of most fascinating painters of all time. The emotionally charged work of Tintoretto inspired many artists and also had a special one, among other things place in the private collections of baroque painters such as Rubens and Van Dyck. So it is not surprising that Tintoretto's Saint Catherine one of the first art purchases was from it British pop icon David Bowie and that's it a new owner after his death he received it on long-term loan gave to the Palazzo Ducale in Venice. Recently, researchers discovered the KIK (Royal Institute for... Art heritage) a drawing below the paint layer of Saint Catherine, which sheds new light on both process of creation as the iconography of the painting. The work is the culmination of Tintoretto's expressive imagery, are living colorful and explosive test, with which he knows strong emotions to trigger the viewer. In this book, essays by specialists such as Stijn Alsteens (Christie's and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), Christina Currie (KIK, Brussels), Xavier F. Salomon (The Frick Collection, New York) and Ben Van Beneden (Rubenshuis, Antwerp) Tintoretto's Saint Catharina completely back to life
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- ERIK TONEN BOOKSELLER
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- Title
- David Bowie's : Tintoretto, the lost church of San Geminiano
- Author
- Jaynie Anderson; Andrea Bayes
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 9463887016
- ISBN 13
- 9789463887014
- Publisher
- Hannibal 2019
- Keywords
- Art & Architecture schilderen Kunst Fotografie Art, Histoire et patrimoine, Nouveautés, art, arts plastiques, culture, histoire, livre, siècle Artiste peintre photo fotografie architectuur, lifestyle
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