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Art and love in renaissance Italy / edited by Andrea Bayer ; Andrea Bayer, Beverly Louise Brown, Nancy Edwards, Everett Fahy, Deborah L. Krohn, Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, Luke Syson, Dora Thornton, James Grantham Turner, and Linda Wolk-Simon ; with contributions by Sarah Cartwright, Andreas Henning, Jessie McNab, J. Kenneth Moore, Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, Wendy Thompson, and Jeremy Warren

Published:
New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008.
Physical Description:
xv, 376 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Additional Creators:
Bayer, Andrea, Brown, Beverly Louise, 1948-, Edwards, Nancy Elizabeth, Fahy, Everett, Krohn, Deborah L., Musacchio, Jacqueline Marie, 1967-, Syson, Luke, Thornton, Dora, Turner, James, 1947-, Wolk-Simon, Linda, Cartwright, Sarah, Henning, Andreas, McNab, Jessie, Moore, J. Kenneth, 1947-, Straussman-Pflanzer, Eve, Thompson, Wendy, Warren, Jeremy, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and Kimbell Art Museum
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Contents:
Contributors to the Catalogue -- Introduction. Art and Love in Renaissance Italy / Andrea Bayer -- Marriage as a Key to Understanding the Past / Deborah L. Krohn -- The Marriage Portrait in the Renaissance, or Some Women Named Ginevra / Everett Fahy -- Wives, Lovers, and Art in Italian Renaissance Courts / Jacqueline Marie Musacchio -- "Rapture to the Greedy Eyes": Profane Love in the Renaissance / Linda Wolk-Simon -- Catalogue -- Commemorating Betrothal, Marriage, and Childbirth -- Rites of Passage: Art Objects to Celebrate Betrothal, Marriage, and the Family / Deborah L. Krohn -- Catalogue Numbers 1-86 -- Maiolica of Love and Marriage -- Belle Donne, Facing Couples, and Fede -- The Cruelty of Love - Amor Crudel -- Marriage Glassware -- Gifts and Furnishings for the Home -- Cassone Panels and Chests -- Manuscripts and Books and the Rituals of Love and Marriage -- Childbirth and Family -- Profane Love -- Profane Love: The Challenge of Sexuality / James Grantham Turner -- Catalogue Numbers 87-117 -- Paintings -- Drawings -- Books and Prints -- Maiolica -- Bronzes -- Accessories -- The Paintings of Love and Marriage -- From Cassone to Poesia: Paintings of Love and Marriage / Andrea Bayer -- Picturing the Perfect Marriage: The Equilibrium of Sense and Sensibility in Titian's Sacred and Profane Love / Beverly Louise Brown -- Belle: Picturing Beautiful Women / Luke Syson -- Catalogue Numbers 118-153 -- Betrothal and Marriage -- Family -- Widows -- The Camera: Spalliere and Other Paintings -- Illustrious Women -- Belle Donne -- Mythologies and Allegories.
Summary:
"Many famous artworks of the Italian Renaissance were made to celebrate love, marriage, and family. They were the pinnacles of a tradition, dating from early in the era, of commemorating betrothals, marriages, and the birth of children by commissioning extraordinary objects - maiolica, glassware, jewels, textiles, paintings - that were often also exchanged as gifts. This volume is the first comprehensive survey of artworks arising from Renaissance rituals of love and marriage and makes a major contribution to our understanding of Renaissance art in its broader cultural context. The impressive range of works gathered in these pages extends from birth trays painted in the early fifteenth century to large canvases on mythological themes that Titian painted in the mid-1500s. Each work of art would have been recognized by contemporary viewers for its prescribed function within the private, domestic domain."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN:
9781588393005 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (hc))
1588393003 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (hc))
9781588393012 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (pb))
1588393011 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (pb))
9780300124118 (Yale University Press (hc))
0300124112 (Yale University Press (hc))
Note:
Issued in connection with an exhibition held Nov. 11, 2008-Feb. 16, 2009, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Mar. 15-June 14, 2009, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction Note:
Also available as electronic reproduction. Plymouth Meeting, Pa. : codeMantra ; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.
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