The art of transformation : grotesques in sixteenth-century Italy

The art of transformation : grotesques in sixteenth-century Italy / Maria Fabricius Hansen.

'Grotesque' is commonly used to describe the surprising, monstrous, or bizarre, across historical periods and in all forms of cultural expression. This book uses 'grotesque' in its specific art-historical sense, which designates ornamental frescoes typical of the thriving Italian...

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Main Author: Hansen, Maria Fabricius (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rome : Edizioni Quasar, [2018]
Series:Analecta Romana Instituti Danici. Supplementum ; 49.
Subjects:
1500-1599
Grotesque in art.
Art, Italian > 16th century.
Mural painting and decoration, Italian > 16th century.
Art, Italian.
Mural painting and decoration, Italian.
Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance.
Italy.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Holy Cross Note:Contains a reproduction of: The Discovery of Honey by Bacchus, about 1499, by Piero di Cosimo (p. 235). Art original: oil on panel; panel: 79.2 x 128.4 cm., framed: 97.2 × 146.7 × 12.5 cm., in Worcester Art Museum (1937.76).
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Call Number: N8217.G8 H36 2018
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