Bellini/Mantegna - Masterpieces Face to Face: The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Paperback)

Fascinating insight into two of the giants in the history of Western art. The exhibition Mantegna and Bellini runs at the National Gallery, London, from 1 October, 2018 to 27 January 2019. Giovanni Bellini, 'one of the great Italian poets' in the words of Roberto Longhi, and Andrea Mantegna, he who 'sculpted [the image] alive and real in his painting' in the sonnet by Ulisse degli Aleotti, were two giants in the history of Western art - extremely distant in character, certainly, yet connected by deep family ties. Nicolosia - Jacopo Bellini's daughter and thus half-sister to Giovanni - married Mantegna in 1453. This marriage engendered one of the most fascinating pictorial dialogues of the Quattrocento, as they both developed the motif of The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Now we see this pair of works exhibited side-by-side for the very first time, half a millennium after they were painted. This volume narrates an extraordinary event, down to the last detail, through a riveting analysis of the paintings themselves and of the relationship between the two artists.

General

Imprint:	Silvana
Country of origin:	Italy
Release date:	August 2018
Authors:	Brigit Blass-Simmen • Neville Rowley • Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa
Dimensions:	260 x 240 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-88-366-3955-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > Renaissance art > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
LSN:	88-366-3955-0
Barcode:	9788836639557

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