The Form of Meaning / The Meaning of Form: Studies in the History of Art from Late Antiquity to Jackson Pollock, Volume 2

by Irving Lavin

Volumes I and II bring together all of Irving Lavin's studies aside from those on Gian Lorenzo Bernini. They range from studies of the art and architecture of Late Antiquity to twentieth-century painting in New York. They are divided here by date, and include seven studies on the art of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, nine on the art of the Renaissance, eight on further topics in sixteenth-century art, seven on the Baroque, and six on Modern Art. There are three studies on the history of theatre and stage design, and twelve papers on the history of art in general, including obituaries of a number of influential art historians.
Lavin's prize-winning study of Late Antique architecture and pioneering work on North African floor mosaics are included here. His interest in the Italian Renaissance appears in studies on the iconography of the myth of Cephalus and Procris, and the relationship between form and content in works by Donatello, Michelangelo, Pontormo, and Giovanni Bologna. The twentieth century is represented by essays on the printmaking of Picasso and the painting of Jackson Pollock.

Table of Contents

IV.
The Baroque Decorations in San Silvestro in Capite, Rome

Review of John Pope-Hennessy, Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture

[with the collaboration of Marilyn Aronberg Lavin] Duquesnoy’s Nano di Créqui and Two Busts by Francesco Mochi

[with the collaboration of Marilyn Aronberg Lavin] Pietro da Cortona Documents from the Barberini Archive

Fischer von Erlach, Tiepolo, and the Unity of the Visual Arts

[With Marilyn Aronberg Lavin] Rembrandt’s Jewish Sister and Spouse

Georges de La Tour. The Tears of St. Peter and the ‘Occult’ Light of Penitence

V.
Abstraction in Modern Painting. A Comparison

A Fragment, in Paul Suttman. The Master-Pieces . 1981-1991, New York, 1991, 3; Picasso’s Lithograph(s): “The Bull(s)” and the History of Art in Reverse

The Body Artist; Storm The Genius of the Place

Théodore Aubanel’s Les Filles d’Avignon and Picasso’s Sum of Destructions

Going for Observations on the Post-Modern Fold

VI.
On the Unity of the Arts and the Early Baroque Opera House

The Campidoglio and Sixteenth-Century Stage Design

Review of Alois Maria Nagler, Theatre Festivals of the Medici 1539-1637

VII. Art
When Vatican Art Goes on the Road

Words in Memory of Horst Woldemar Janson

The Art of Art History

Obituary. Howard Hibbard 1928-84

Iconography Group discussion published in The Relationship between Art and Architecture

Iconography as a Humanistic Discipline (Iconography at the Crossroads)

Panofsky’s History of Art

The Crisis of Art; Remarks in Celebration of the Centenary of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz

Intoduction to Erwin Panofsky. Three Essays on Style

Panofsky, Gombrich, Bredekamp : D.D.D.

Index

650 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 2013

About the author

Irving Lavin was an American art historian who specialized in Italian art.