Italian master drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art /
"The Philadelphia Museum of Art is fortunate to have a collection of Italian drawings that encompasses a broad sweep of Italy's art history, ranging from Renaissance and Baroque to Futurist and contemporary works by such famed artists as Parmigianino, Francesco Salviati, Guercino, Giovanni...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
2004.
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| Series: | Internet Archive Lending Library
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| Summary: | "The Philadelphia Museum of Art is fortunate to have a collection of Italian drawings that encompasses a broad sweep of Italy's art history, ranging from Renaissance and Baroque to Futurist and contemporary works by such famed artists as Parmigianino, Francesco Salviati, Guercino, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Pompeo Batoni, and Amedeo Modigliani. With this publication, eighty of these drawings are provided with commentary, complete scholarly analysis, and biographies of the artists by the renowned scholar Mimi Cazort. The volume opens with an illustrated essay by Ann Percy, the Museum's Curator of Drawings, who offers the first full account of the people and events that shaped the formation of this exceptional but little-published collection."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Italian master drawings, 1540 to present', Philadelphia Museum of Art, 30 October, 2004-20 February, 2005"--Title page verso. Also published in Italian as I grandi disegni italiani del Philadelphia Museum of Art. |
| Physical Description: | 287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0876331789 9780876331781 0876331797 9780876331798 0271025387 9780271025384 |
| Local Note: | Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition catalogue |