Pietro Perugino: Master of the Italian Renaissance

Becherer, Joseph Antenucci; Smith, Katherine R; Grand Rapids Art Museum

ISBN 10: 0942159209 / ISBN 13: 9780942159202

Published by Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, 1997

About this Item

First edition 1997. Published on occasion of the exhibition by Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. Oversized softcover in pictorial wrappers without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, spine not creased, sharp corners, no edgewear, no markings of any kind, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 4to, 318 pages, illustrated throughout. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders.

Seller Inventory # 005430

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pietro Perugino: Master of the Italian Renaissance
• Publisher: Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0942159209
• ISBN 13: 9780942159202
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • 1st
  • Art
  • Catalog

About this title

Synopsis

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.