Painting in Stone - Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the Enlightenment (Paperback)

A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stone Spanning almost five millennia, Painting in Stone tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Lavishly illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia revival in 19th-century England. Poetry, the lens for understanding costly marbles as an artistic medium, summoned a spectrum of imaginative associations and responses, from princes and patriarchs to the populace. Three salient themes sustained this "lithic imagination": marbles as images of their own elemental substance according to premodern concepts of matter and geology; the perceived indwelling of astral light in earthly stones; and the enduring belief that colored marbles exhibited a form of natural-or divine-painting, thanks to their vivacious veining, rainbow palette, and chance images.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2022
Authors:	Fabio Barry
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-24817-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > BC to 500 CE, Ancient & classical world Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > Baroque art Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > Renaissance art > General Promotions
LSN:	0-300-24817-2
Barcode:	9780300248173

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