Pietro Perugino: Master of the Italian Renaissance

Becherer, Joseph Antenucci

ISBN 10: 0847820769 / ISBN 13: 9780847820764

Published by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, New York, 1997

About this Item

First edition, hardcover catalogue published in conjuntion with an exhibition of the same title with a promotional card from the exhibition laid in. The book has a slight skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, faint sunning and mild shelfwear to the cover edges, and minor toning to the page edges. Otherwise, this is a solid, Very Good copy in a like dust jacket, which has bumps with light creasing to the spine ends and corners, a short peeled tear to the lower front corner, slight edge wear and some rubbing to the covers, and very faint sunning to the spine and head. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Seller Inventory # 201744

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pietro Perugino: Master of the Italian Renaissance
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847820769
• ISBN 13: 9780847820764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Shows and describes works by the Italian Renaissance artist

Reviews

An Umbrian painter, student of Piero della Francesco (with fellow student Leonardo), master of a great Florentine workshop, supervisor of the Sistine Chapel wall paintings of Botticelli, Ghirlandiao, Signorelli, and others (before Michelangelo), teacher of Raphael, and inspiration of the Pre-Raphaelites, Perugino?born Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci (1450-1523)?has had a one-man show in Grand Rapids, MI, after 500 years. This is also the first exhibit of his work outside Italy in 50 years. Nine Italian and American scholars have contributed brief, informative essays to this book. The core, however, is a catalog of the 35 works of art exhibited, including nine paintings shipped from the National Gallery of Umbria, Perugia, sister city of Grand Rapids, and 26 borrowed from museums in the United States. This stunning, beautifully rendered monograph provides a modern reappraisal of Perugino's entire career; one has to reach all the way back to 1933 (R. Van Marle, The Development of the Italian School of Painting, Vol. 14) for as complete a treatment of Perugino in English. An annotated chronology reflects the latest scholarship. Essential for anyone with an interest in Renaissance art.?Ellen Bates, New York
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