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The genius of Rome, 1592-1623
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- Creator
- edited by Beverly Louise Brown
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- London : Royal Academy of Arts, [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- 408 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780810966376, 0810966379, 9780900946882, 0900946881, 9780900946943, 0900946946
- OCLC
- ocm46330249
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Jan. 20-April 16 and the Palazzo Venezia, Rome, May-Aug. 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-401) and index.
- The birth of the Baroque : painting in Rome 1592-1623 / Beverly Louise Brown -- Cardsharps, gypsies and street vendors / Helen Langdon -- Painting nature : fruit, flowers and vegetables / Laura Laureati -- Painted music : 'a new and affecting manner' / Rossella Vodret and Claudio Strinati -- The classical tradition / Clare Robertson -- Portraiture : from the 'simple portrait' to the 'ressemblance parlante' / Clovis Whitfield -- The enticement of the north : landscape, myth and gleaming metal supports / Francesca Cappelletti -- Towards the pure landscape / Patrizia Cavazzini -- The black wings of envy : competition, rivalry and paragone / Beverly Louise Brown -- Between the sacred and profane / Beverly Louise Brown -- 'An ineffable light and splendour' : nocturnes, night scenes and artificial illumination / Leonard J. Slatkes -- The arts and craft of sainthood : new orders, new saints, new altarpieces / Bert Treffers -- Biographies and list of works / Rhoda Eitel-Porter, Juliette Jo Saxton, Cecilia Treves