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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300117272
ISBN-139780300117271
eBay Product ID (ePID)50226527
Product Key Features
Book TitleStorytelling in Christian Art from Giotto to Donatello
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicSubjects & Themes / Religious, European, History / Renaissance
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorJules Lubbock
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight43.3 Oz
Item Length9.9 in
Item Width7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-030956
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal704.948409024
SynopsisRecounting the biblical stories through visual images was the most prestigious form of commission for a Renaissance artist. In this book, Jules Lubbock examines some of the most famous of these pictorial narratives by artists of the caliber of Giovanni Pisano, Duccio, Giotto, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Donatello and Masaccio. He explains how these artists portrayed the major biblical events, such as: the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Annunciation, the Feast of Herod and the Trial and Passion of Jesus, so as to be easily recognizable and, at the same time, to capture our attention and imagination for long enough to enable us to search for deeper meanings. He provides evidence showing that the Church favoured the production of images that lent themselves to being read and interpreted in this way, and he describes the works themselves to demonstrate how the pleasurable activity of deciphering these meanings can work in practice. This fascinating book is richly illustrated, and many of it's photographs have been specially taken to show how the paintings and relief sculptures appear in the settings, for which they were originally designed. Seen from these viewpoints, they become more readily int
LC Classification NumberN7952.A1L83 2006
