Masters in Art (Volume 2 ); A Series of Illustrated Monographs (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Crowe and Cavalcaselle especially extol this Madonna for the " harmonious vagueness of the misty tone which bathes and almost obliterates the outlines," and add: "For fusion and transparent gaiety of color Del Sarto was never more remarkable. But the striking point is not so much that the picture is without question a masterpiece, as that we find the painter adapting his means to his subject with such astonishing versatility; for, at the very time when he is surprising us in the Scalzo Cloister by his strength and energy he here shows exceeding softness in the handling and coloring of this quiet, lovely picture." Upon the Virgin's pedestal is an inscription in her honor, and Andrea's signature, with the date 1517. THE BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN CHURCH OF THE ANNUNZIATA: FLORENCE THIS fresco, in the entrance court of the Annunziata, is, in the almost unanimous opinion of competent judges, Del Sarto's most complete and satisfactory work, and Crowe and Cavalcaselle rank it "on the highest level ever reached in fresco." The scene is familiar yet dignified. St. Anne reclines in the great canopied bed at the right, while two attendants bring her cordial drinks. In the middle two aristocratic visitors clad in the Florentine fashion, one bareheaded, her hair falling over her yellow gown, the other in a red robe bordered with fur, and with a white veil over her head (this latter figure being Del Sarto's first picture of his wife, whom he had married shortly before completing this work), advance to congratulate the mother. At the left side of the chamber, and before the high, Renaissance chimney-piece, upon which the artist has painted his signature and the date Mdxnn., nurses are attending the new-born child, while a boy warms himself at the blaze. St. Joachim, the father, sits...

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Crowe and Cavalcaselle especially extol this Madonna for the " harmonious vagueness of the misty tone which bathes and almost obliterates the outlines," and add: "For fusion and transparent gaiety of color Del Sarto was never more remarkable. But the striking point is not so much that the picture is without question a masterpiece, as that we find the painter adapting his means to his subject with such astonishing versatility; for, at the very time when he is surprising us in the Scalzo Cloister by his strength and energy he here shows exceeding softness in the handling and coloring of this quiet, lovely picture." Upon the Virgin's pedestal is an inscription in her honor, and Andrea's signature, with the date 1517. THE BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN CHURCH OF THE ANNUNZIATA: FLORENCE THIS fresco, in the entrance court of the Annunziata, is, in the almost unanimous opinion of competent judges, Del Sarto's most complete and satisfactory work, and Crowe and Cavalcaselle rank it "on the highest level ever reached in fresco." The scene is familiar yet dignified. St. Anne reclines in the great canopied bed at the right, while two attendants bring her cordial drinks. In the middle two aristocratic visitors clad in the Florentine fashion, one bareheaded, her hair falling over her yellow gown, the other in a red robe bordered with fur, and with a white veil over her head (this latter figure being Del Sarto's first picture of his wife, whom he had married shortly before completing this work), advance to congratulate the mother. At the left side of the chamber, and before the high, Renaissance chimney-piece, upon which the artist has painted his signature and the date Mdxnn., nurses are attending the new-born child, while a boy warms himself at the blaze. St. Joachim, the father, sits...

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General Books LLC

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2012

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246 x 189 x 7mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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126

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978-1-234-90401-2

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9781234904012

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1-234-90401-2



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