The Drawings of Bronzino (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300155123 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The younger generations of Florentine artists particularly admired Bronzino for his technical virtuosity as a painter, and Giorgio Vasari praised him for his powers as a disegnatore (designer and draftsman).. Bronzino's technical virtuosity as a draftsman and his mastery of anatomy and perspective are vividly apparent in each stroke of the chalk, pen, or brush. This important and beautiful publication brings together for the first time nearly all of the sixty drawings attributed to this leading draftsman of the 16th century. Each drawing is illustrated in color, discussed in detail, and shown with many comparative photographs. Drawings by the great Italian Mannerist painter and poet Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) are extremely rare
"Bronzino on paper: better than Bronzino on canvas." according to Reich Claude. This book is the catalog for the current show at the Met in NYC, which is the first exhibition ever devoted in the US to one of the masters of Mannerism in XVIth-century Florence. It is probably one of the best publications put out by the museum in recent years, both for the high-quality illustrations and for the scholarly text.59 drawings by, or thought to be by, Bronzino, are studied here (his nearly en. "A Wonderful Souvenir of a Great Show" according to T. G. Weaver. This is one of the best show catalogs that I have ever seen. The reproductions of Bronzino's masterful drawings are exceptionally accurate and vivid. Anyone interested in drawing should have this book!. "Great book. Lots of reproductions" according to J.L.. Great book. Lots of reproductions. Bronzino is an interesting artist, not the most interesting or ambitious, but nevertheless, a must have for anyone who loves art history or has a lust for drawings.
"The Metropolitan catalog happily restores Vasari's words to their true meaning, through essays that manage with uncommon skill to address both a general readership and specialists."—Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Book Review