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Masaccio
. Rowlands
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Paperback. An exploration of the Pisa Altarpiece, Masaccio's multi-panelled painting of which the Saint Andrew panel is thought to have once formed a part. It discusses Masaccio's short life and illustrious career; the commission of the altarpiece; its patron and programme; its original location; and more. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 29 colour & 47 b&w illustrations, 1 drawing, 1 colour fold-out. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 346.
Ranked by many scholars as the greatest master of early Italian Renaissance painting, Masaccio (1401-1428) was the first artist to use effects of light to create three-dimensional images on a two-dimensional plane. This achievement, revolutionary in Masaccio's day, is one of the painter's significant contributions to art history. This is an exploration of Masaccio's accomplishment as epitomized by the multi-panelled painting of which the Saint Andrew panel is thought to have once formed a part: the Pisa Altarpiece, one of the truly great polyptychs in the history of Italian Renaissance art, produced in 1426 for a chapel in the church ... Read more
Ranked by many scholars as the greatest master of early Italian Renaissance painting, Masaccio (1401-1428) was the first artist to use effects of light to create three-dimensional images on a two-dimensional plane. This achievement, revolutionary in Masaccio's day, is one of the painter's significant contributions to art history. This is an exploration of Masaccio's accomplishment as epitomized by the multi-panelled painting of which the Saint Andrew panel is thought to have once formed a part: the Pisa Altarpiece, one of the truly great polyptychs in the history of Italian Renaissance art, produced in 1426 for a chapel in the church ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Getty Museum Studies on Art
Number of Pages
118
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9780892362868
SKU
V9780892362868
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About . Rowlands
Eliot Rowlands is a senior researcher at Wildenstein and Company in New York. He is the author of The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art I: Italian Painting, 1300-1800.
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