Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master of Color and Line

Mann, Judith W. And Babette Bohn

ISBN 10: 0891780963 / ISBN 13: 9780891780960

Published by Saint Louis Art Museum / Yale University Press, 2012

About this Item

In a soft cover with white titles to spine and front and a colour illustration to front. 360 pp., extensively illustrated in colour and black and white. The book is in near fine condition with just very minor shelf-wear to the extremities of the cover. The binding is tight and the pages clean and unmarked.

Seller Inventory # 913554

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master of Color and Line
• Publisher: Saint Louis Art Museum / Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891780963
• ISBN 13: 9780891780960
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Federico Barocci (c. 1533/35–1612) was one of the most innovative Italian artists of the second half of the 16th century. His art combines the Renaissance focus on the human body with an unparalleled use of color and light. He created dynamic compositions that challenged the limitations of traditional pictorial boundaries, becoming a model for Baroque artists of the following century. Nearly 1,500 drawings by Barocci survive, providing invaluable insight into the artist's process and thinking. Essays by leading scholars in the field discuss the role of Urbino—Barocci's hometown—in the artist's development; his pioneering approach to religious subjects; his technique as a draftsman; the interdependence of painting and drawing in his work; and his use of red underpaint. Catalogue entries treat nineteen groups of paintings and drawings, including many previously unpublished sheets. This beautiful and groundbreaking book reveals the breadth and significance of Barocci's oeuvre.