Domenico di Tommaso di Currado Bigordi Ghirlandaio : 1449-1494 /
Language: English Original language: German Series: Masters of Italian artPublication details: Köln : Könemann, ©1998.Description: 140 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cmISBN:- 3829002483
- 9783829002486
- Ghirlandaio [Spine title]
- ND623.G4 Q4713 1998
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | ND 623 GHI QUE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0001064 |
Translation from the German: Fiona Hulse.
Includes bibliographical references (page 140).
The early work, Ghirlandaio's teachers and models -- Flemish paintings in Florence -- The road to success: the first major commissions -- The main works: the Sala dei Gigli in the Palazzo Vecchio, the Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinità and the Tornabuoni Chapel in Santa Maria Novella -- The dispute over a chapel and how it benefited the artist -- Waxworks in Florentine churches -- Power, money and art: the Florentine aristocracy and the wealthy bourgeoisie -- Panel paintings: scenes showing the Adoration of the Magi, altar paintings with saints, and portraits -- The flowering of a city: humanism and the Florentine Renaissance.