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Groundwork - A History of the Renaissance Picture (Hardcover)
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Groundwork - A History of the Renaissance Picture (Hardcover)
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An illuminating look at a fundamental yet understudied aspect of
Italian Renaissance painting The Italian Renaissance picture is
renowned for its depiction of the human figure, from the dramatic
foreshortening of the body to create depth to the subtle blending
of tones and colors to achieve greater naturalism. Yet these
techniques rely on a powerful compositional element that often goes
overlooked. Groundwork provides the first in-depth examination of
the complex relationship between figure and ground in Renaissance
painting. "Ground" can refer to the preparation of a work's
surface, the fictive floor or plane, or the background on which
figuration occurs. In laying the material foundation, artists
perform groundwork, opening the ground as a zone that can precede,
penetrate, or fracture the figure. David Young Kim looks at the
work of Gentile da Fabriano, Giovanni Bellini, Giovanni Battista
Moroni, and Caravaggio, reconstructing each painter's methods to
demonstrate the intricacies involved in laying ground layers whose
translucency and polychromy permeate the surface. He charts
significant transitions from gold ground painting in the Trecento
to the darkened grounds in Baroque tenebrism, and offers close
readings of period texts to shed new light on the significance of
ground forms such as rock face, wall, and cave. This beautifully
illustrated book reconceives the Renaissance picture, revealing the
passion and mystery of groundwork and discovering figuration beyond
the human figure.
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