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The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance With An Index To Their Works
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178 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1903
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Bernard Berenson
124 books25 followersBernard Berenson (born Bernhard Valvrojenski) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. He was a major figure in pioneering art attribution and therefore establishing the market for paintings by the "Old Masters".
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July 3, 2014
Giotto to Michelangelo; the beginning of Florentine Renaissance art to the end of it. The Florentine school, as pointed out by Berenson, was unique in that an artist was trained to be a painter, sculptor, draftsman, architect, metalworker, poet and a man of science. Such a school/training was bound to uncover a genius or two, a Renaissance man, great personalities, like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
The essay covers many artists, including: Massaccio, Andra Orcagna, Giotto, Fra Angelico, Paolo Uccello, Andra del Castagno, Domenico Vaneziano, Fra Fillipo Lippi, alesio Baldovinetti, Antonio Pollaiuloo, andrea Verrochio, Benozzo Gozzoli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Leonardo da vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Bartolomeo, Andra del Sarto, Pontormo, Bronzino, and Michelangelo.
Berenson tells us why each artist's work is important and offers comparisons and influences on the man's work. Michelangelo, the longest-lived of all the artists, has the honor of having his death generally seen as the date the Renaissance ended for Florentine art.
According to Berenson, Michelangelo's adoption of the Greek love of nudes provided the inspiration for the artist's greatest works, and:
...in him Florentine art had its logical culmination.
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The essay covers many artists, including: Massaccio, Andra Orcagna, Giotto, Fra Angelico, Paolo Uccello, Andra del Castagno, Domenico Vaneziano, Fra Fillipo Lippi, alesio Baldovinetti, Antonio Pollaiuloo, andrea Verrochio, Benozzo Gozzoli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Leonardo da vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Bartolomeo, Andra del Sarto, Pontormo, Bronzino, and Michelangelo.
Berenson tells us why each artist's work is important and offers comparisons and influences on the man's work. Michelangelo, the longest-lived of all the artists, has the honor of having his death generally seen as the date the Renaissance ended for Florentine art.
According to Berenson, Michelangelo's adoption of the Greek love of nudes provided the inspiration for the artist's greatest works, and:
...in him Florentine art had its logical culmination.
You can read the full illustrated review at Italophile Book Reviews:
http://italophilebookreviews.blogspot...
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