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Decorum and Wit: the Poetry of Venetian Painting: Essays in the History of the Classical Tradition(Bibliotheca artibus et historiae)

Decorum and Wit: the Poetry of Venetian Painting: Essays in the History of the Classical Tradition(Bibliotheca artibus et historiae)


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The union of poetry and painting in the work of the great Venetian artists is the theme which links the 18 essays brought together in this book. There is, writes the author, a tendency still to regard the Venetians as "a gang of happy painters whose works are sublime as paintings but short on sense". On the contrary, he argues, whether their source was Ovid or Philostratus, Pietro Aretino or the Gospels, the Venetians cared deeply about meaning in their paintings. But we will only understand how faithfully they observed decorum if we recognize the subtlety of their wit. Professor Fehl encourages the reader to look at some of the most famous, but often misinterpreted, Venetian paintings, among them Titian's (or Giorgione's) "Concert Champetre" and his "Bacchanals", Punishment of Marsyas" and "Rape of Lucretia". Other studies explore the narrative richness of Veronese's "Marriage at Cana" and his so-called "Feast in the House of Levi", the painting which in 1573 attracted the attention of the Inquisition (the essay includes the complete transcript of the trial and other documents from the Inquisition archives in Venice). Two essays are devoted to Rubens, who respected and emulated the Venetians in the imitation of nature and the antique. A study of the art of the Tiepolos and, in particular, of the "capricci" of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, brings the collection to a close.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Invisible realms: "Concert Champetre"; "The Pesaro Madonna". Part 2 Poesie: the "Bacchanals" for Alfonso I d'Este; Titian's "Rape of Europa" and Raphael's "Galatea"; beauty and the historian of art - Titian's "Venus and Adonis"; the camerino for Philip II; the punishment of Marsyas. Part 3 Historie: truth and decorum reconciled by wit - Durer, Titian and Pietro Aretino; Tintoretto's homage to Pietro Aretino; Titian's poetic irony; mourning for Lucretia. Part 4 Sprezzatura: Veronese's "Christ and the Centurion"; Veronese and the Inquisition; Veronese's decorum. Part 5 Imitazione: Rubens' "Bacchanals"; "Venus Verticordia". Part 6 Memories: at Titian's tomb; farewell to jokes.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783900731106
  • Publisher: Irsa Verlag
  • Publisher Imprint: Irsa Verlag
  • Height: 290 mm
  • Sub Title: Essays in the History of the Classical Tradition
  • ISBN-10: 3900731101
  • Publisher Date: 30 Apr 1992
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Series Title: Bibliotheca artibus et historiae
  • Width: 222 mm


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