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Giorgio Vasari, Michelangelo e l'Allegoria Della Pazienza (Italian, Hardcover)
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Giorgio Vasari, Michelangelo e l'Allegoria Della Pazienza (Italian, Hardcover)
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Loot Price R476
Discovery Miles 4 760
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This book recounts the exciting rediscovery of Giorgio Vasari's
painting Allegory of Patience, painted in 1551-52 for the Bishop of
Arezzo, Vasari's hometown. The painting was conceived in Rome with
the aid of Michelangelo, as many surviving letters reveal. The work
will be on view to the public at the National Gallery, London,
through 2023. The monumental figure of a woman, life-sized, with
arms crossed, watches time run down. The passing of time is
symbolized in the drops that fall from an antique water clock
beside her, gradually wearing away the stone on which she rests her
foot. The Bishop of Arezzo regarded patience as the key to his
career and achievements, and wished it to be represented in a
picture. Vasari consulted his contemporaries and fellow humanists
as well as the great sculptor Michelangelo when deciding what form
it should take. The image represents more exactly the Latin tag
'diuturna tolerantia' (daily tolerance). The painting quickly
became famous in its time and numerous copies were made of it - but
not until now has the original emerged. Thanks to letters between
those involved, the painting and the process of its creation are
richly documented, and in particular provide insights and
quotations about picture-making from Michelangelo. The book carries
full documentation of the work and its known copies, some of which
can be traced to leading patrons in Renaissance Italy. It also
examines Vasari's own autograph technique and artistic aims.
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