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出版Harry N. Abrams, 1994-04-01
主題Art / Individual Artists / General
ISBN08109391939780810939196
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=C60QAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Scholars have long viewed the Florentine Quattrocento in light of the emergent Renaissance, and have therefore relegated the intriguing figure of Paolo Uccello (1397-1475) to the margins. Now this new, splendidly illustrated study rediscovers the genius of Uccello and gives his often fantastical compositions, his original and occasionally bizarre experiments with color and perspective, and his tendencies toward the Gothic tradition their deserved attention. Uccello's notoriously strange and secretive character seemed to exclude him from the mainstream of early humanist Italian Renaissance art as exemplified by Brunelleschi, Masaccio, and Alberti. Here, scholars Franco and Stefano Borsi have examined Uccello under a new approach, treating his work as representative of an "alternate humanism" parallel to the dominant strain. Chapters on fifteenth-century Florence set Uccello in context and describe the magnificent city of his day - the seat of Medici splendor and patronage - in artistic, intellectual, and political terms. In this groundbreaking, comprehensive study, Uccello is brought to life as a natural representative of his time and a coherent creative intellect, rather than a whimsical eccentric. Special attention is focused on Uccello's research into the complex questions of viewpoints and the psychology of sight, problems that were to be dealt with more fully by Leonardo da Vinci. Uccello's breathtaking frescoes have been photographed in situ, and the relationships between his compositions and the sites are discussed in detail. A fully illustrated catalogue raisonné brings together all his surviving works: lesser-known paintings, frescoes, and stained-glass designs are presented in sumptuous color, and many works, such as the famous Battle of San Romano panels in the Louvre, the Uffizi, and the National Gallery, London, are reproduced in superb gatefolds. An informative chronology, notes, and a complete bibliography are included as well, adding to the value of this superb study. Paolo Uccello's art has been a delight to admirers but little understood. Here at last it is given a fitting presentation and the in-depth analysis it deserves, restoring his status as a great Renaissance artist." --