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Italian Baroque Masterworks in Canadian Collections
出版Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2015
主題Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / GeneralArt / Criticism & TheoryArt / History / Baroque & RococoArt / Subjects & Themes / Human Figure
ISBN19078045799781907804571
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GsLxoAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Italian Baroque painting is often discussed in terms of theatre and the creation of powerful visual spectacle through the dramatic use of light. Seventeenth-century painters pushed the limits of artistic expression to reshape the relationship between the illusionistic image and its audience with contrasting styles, new techniques, and by deploying extraordinary optical effects. Featuring some of Canada's foremost Baroque paintings, Illuminations examines how the functional and symbolic representation of light was the expression of a culture captivated by theatrical display. Set in the context of Italy's dynamic and international cultural capitals, Illuminations compares and contrasts religious, mythological and popular imagery. Through a detailed examination of works by Nicolas Poussin, Luca Giordano, Orazio Gentileschi and Guido Reni amongst others, the book explores how 17th-century audiences were confronted with pictures that frequently broke conventions by manipulating the sources and meaning of light, while depicting all types of subjects; painters were able to transform light, controlling its role as a signifier of demeanour, emotion or religious symbolism. The use of light coloured the historical legends and social mythologies of this extravagant world. Published in association with the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.