Art and Love in Renaissance Italy

by Andrea Bayer (Contributor), Beverly Louise Brown (Contributor), Nancy Edwards (Contributor)

With contributions by Sarah Cartwright, Jessie McNab, J. Kenneth Moore, Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, Wendy Thompson, and Jeremy Warren

 

Many famous Italian Renaissance artworks were made to celebrate love and marriage. They were the pinnacles of a tradition---dating from the early Renaissance---of commemorating betrothal, marriage, and the birth of a child by commissioning extraordinary objects or exchanging them as gifts. This important volume is the first to examine the entire range of works to which Renaissance rituals of love and marriage gave rise and makes a major contribution to our understanding of Renaissance art in its broader cultural context. Some 140 works of art, dating from about 1400 to 1600, are discussed by a distinguished group of scholars and are reproduced in full color.

 

Marriage and childbirth gifts are the point of departure. These range from maiolica, glassware, and jewelry to birth trays, musical instruments, and nuptial portraits. Bonds of love of another sort were represented in erotic drawings and prints. From these precedents, an increasingly inventive approach to subjects of love and marriage culminated in paintings by some of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, including Giulio Romano, Lorenzo Lotto, and Titian.

 

Genres: Art, Art History, Renaissance, History, 16th Century, Italy

376 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2008

Reviews

[Molly Higgins · Rating 3 out of 5]

SUCH GOOD ESSAYS IN HEREEEEE

[CJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The exhibit wasn't up to the Kimball's usual standards - too many plates that look alike to the untrained eye. The catalog did a good job of explaining the differences, but not enough to want to view the plates again. One gripe - the picture of Allegorial Wedding Picture attributed to Giovanni (Busi) Cariani is in black and white. The painting itself is certainly disquieting.

[Ms. S........... · Rating 4 out of 5]

fabulous romp through sex marriage and more during an exciting time period for art

[Mills College Library]

709.45074 A7841 2008

[Laura]

You may read online at MetMuseum

[Red · Rating 3 out of 5]

mrs. robinson, you're trying to seduce me. another freedownload from the met nyc