Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (758 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1631910019 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 696 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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The research and text are by Ross King (best-selling author), Anja Grebe (author or The Louvre and The Vatican), Cristina Acidini (former Superintendent of the public museums of Florence) and Msgr. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThis is the most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence ever undertaken, with nearly 2,000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city's great museums and churches-produced in the same manner as BD&L's The Louvre and The Vatican.Every painted work that is on display in the Uffizi Gallery, The Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo is included in the book, plus many or most of the works from 28 of the city's other magnificent museums and churches. Timothy Verdon (Director of the artworks for the Archdiocese of Florence).
Ross King is the author of the bestselling Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling, as well as the novels Ex-Libris and Domino. He lives in England, near Oxford.
Amazon Customer said Love this book!. Love this book - we just got back from a trip to Florence and Rome. It was great looking at this beautiful book in preparation for the trip and it will be great looking at it now.. Five Stars Beautiful coffee table book. It's all there, but This book delivers on its promise of including all the paintings in the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace, and it includes photos of frescoes in several churches that I can't find elsewhere. The problem, as stated in another review, is that many of the pictures are quite small. There are sometimes as many as 11 works reproduced on a single page, and nine per page is common. Despite this major flaw, I like the book and am keeping it because it does contain many pictures not available elsewhere and because the larger reproductions are often larger than those in other books; there are also some stunning double-page de
The lively text explains Florentine politics, patronage, street life, banking, international trade and the effect of its wars, plagues and religious squabbles. "an art lover's dream come true--a collection of nearly 2,000 images that includes every painting and fresco on display in the Uffizi, the Galleria Palatina of the Pitti Palace, the Accademia and the Duomo, and works from 28 additional museums and churches.It's fascinating to see these treasures of the Western world collected in one volume, with page after page of magnificence, including the works of Uccello, da Vinci, Correggio, Titian, Michelangelo and more. "Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes: 1250 to 1743" by Ross King and Anja Grebe brings more than 2,000 images of them to you, along with a comprehensiv