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This special collectors edition celebrates a unique collaboration
between two of Londons greatest cultural institutions. Together The
Royal Ballet and the National Gallery commissioned three acclaimed
contemporary artists Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross and Mark
Wallinger to work with international choreographers and composers
to create three new ballets inspired by the Titian paintings Diana
and Callisto, Diana and Actaeon and The Death of Actaeon. As well
as designing the sets and costumes, the artists also produced new
works for a show at the National Gallery. The book tells the story
of this extraordinary, complex project from conception to stage and
gallery. The artists notebooks, sketches and other material from
the studio are reproduced to show how they evolved their initial
ideas into working designs. Numerous views of the dancers
rehearsals, the creation of the sets and the gallery installations,
as well as dozens of unseen photographs of the performances
themselves, take the reader behind the scenes to see the many
processes and people involved in transforming the artists vision
into a finished production. An introduction by National Gallery
curator Dr Minna Moore Ede, explains how the collaboration came to
fruition and unfolded. Dame Monica Masons foreword completes this
stunning volume. Limited edition of 250 copies Presented with three
original artists prints in a clothbound clamshell case.
This visually stunning publication celebrates a unique
collaboration between two of the UK's leading cultural
institutions, the National Gallery and The Royal Ballet. Together
they commissioned three contemporary artists - Chris Ofili, Conrad
Shawcross and Mark Wallinger - to work with international
choreographers and composers to create three new ballets inspired
by Titian's paintings Diana and Actaeon, The Death of Actaeon and
Diana and Callisto. As well as designing all the sets and costumes,
the artists also produced entirely new works in response to
Titian's masterpieces for a show at the National Gallery. The book
tells the story of this extraordinary, complex project from
conception to stage and gallery. The artists' notebooks, sketches
and other material from the studio are reproduced to show how they
evolved their initial ideas into working designs. Numerous views of
the dancers' rehearsals, installations and production work, and
dozens of unseen photographs of the performances themselves, take
the reader behind the scenes to see the many processes and people
involved in transforming the artists' vision into a finished
production. All three creative teams offer through interviews and
personal statements their own reflections on the project and on
working with very different art forms. An introduction by National
Gallery curator and originator of the project, Minna Moore Ede,
explains how it came to fruition and how both aspects of the
collaboration unfolded. A foreword by Dame Monica Mason, outgoing
director of The Royal Ballet, completes the volume.
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Michelangelo & Sebastiano (Hardcover)
Matthias Wivel; Contributions by Costanza Barbieri, Piers Baker-bates, Paul Joannides, Silvia Danesi Squarzina, …
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The first publication to consider the relationship between these
two major artists of the High Renaissance Through most of
Michelangelo's working life, one of his closest colleagues was the
great Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (1485 -1541). The two
men met in Rome in 1511, shortly after Sebastiano's arrival from
his native city, and while Michelangelo was based in Florence from
1516 to 1534 Sebastiano remained one of his Roman confidants,
painting several works after partial designs by him. This landmark
publication is about the artists' extraordinary professional
alliance and the friendship that underpinned it. It situates them
in the dramatic context of their time, tracing their evolving
artistic relationship through more than three decades of creative
dialogue. Matthias Wivel and other leading scholars investigate
Michelangelo's profound influence on Sebastiano and the Venetian
artist's highly original interpretation of his friend's formal and
thematic concerns. The lavishly illustrated text examines their
shared preoccupation with the depiction of death and resurrection,
primarily in the life of Christ, through a close analysis of
drawings, paintings, and sculpture. The book also brings the
austerely beautiful work of Sebastiano to a new audience, offering
a reappraisal of this less famous but most accomplished artist.
Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale
University Press Exhibition Schedule: The National Gallery, London
(03/15/17-06/25/17)
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