First Published 1988. Dennis M. Arnold (Jacket Design). Study of a Recumbent Nude, Lying on His Side by Annibale Carracci. The text aims to show the difference between actual artistic practice and the theory of criticism surrounding it. Previous owner's bookplate on flyleaf.

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Title

Visual Fact over Verbal Fiction: A Study of the Carracci and the Criticism, Theory, and Practice of Art in Renaissance and Baroque Italy

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

1988

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521343313

ISBN 13

9780521343312

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

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Near Fine

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This book attempts to provide a reassessment of the artist's practice and belief in Renaissance and Baroque Italy. The work concentrates on the work of the Carracci, and aims to show the difference between actual artistic practice and the theory of criticism that surrounds it.

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