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Illuminations (Paperback)
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Illuminations (Paperback)
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List price R403
Loot Price R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
You Save R73 (18%)
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Italian Baroque painting is often discussed in terms of theatre and
the creation of powerful visual spectacle through the dramatic use
of light. Seventeenth-century painters pushed the limits of
artistic expression to reshape the relationship between the
illusionistic image and its audience with contrasting styles, new
techniques, and by deploying extraordinary optical effects.
Featuring some of Canada's foremost Baroque paintings,
"Illuminations" examines how the functional and symbolic
representation of light was the expression of a culture captivated
by theatrical display. Set in the context of Italy's dynamic and
international cultural capitals, "Illuminations" compares and
contrasts religious, mythological, and popular imagery. Through a
detailed examination of works by Nicolas Poussain, Luca Giordano,
Orazio Gentileschi and Guido Reni amongst others, the book explores
how 17th-century audiences were confronted with pictures that
frequently broke conventions by manipulating the sources and
meaning of light, while depicting all types of subjects; painters
were able to transform light, controlling its role as a signifier
of demeanour, emotion, or religious symbolism. The use of light
coloured the historical legends and social mythologies of this
extravagant world.
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