Main entry:

Humfrey, Peter, 1947-

Title & Author:

The altarpiece in Renaissance Venice / Peter Humfrey.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1993.

Description:

ix, 382 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-372) and index.
Introduction. The altarpiece as a type ; Venice as a centre ; Changing formats ; Questions of terminology -- Part I : Contexts -- The physical environment. The church of San Marco ; The Byzantine tradition ; The Gothic tradition ; The new architecture ; Secular buildings ; Accessories ; Lights and lighting -- Purposes and uses. The religious life of the laity ; The juspatronatus of altars ; Subjects and dedications ; The altarpiece and lay devotion ; Lessons and reminders ; Altarpieces and non-altarpieces -- Donors. The clergy ; Individuals and families ; Confraternities ; Officers of state ; The export market -- Business practices. Decisions of form and content ; Methods of construction ; Painters and frame-makers ; Costs and payments ; Travel and transport ; Imports -- Part II : Objects -- Renaissance beginnings (c. 1450-1475). The Gothic tradition ; Development in Padua ; The "Paduan" format in Venice ; The creation of the sacra conversazione ; Two commissions for Pesaro -- Antonello and his Heritage (c. 1475-1500). Antonello's Venetian altarpiece ; The sacra conversazione triumphant ; Polytychs and triptychs 1475-1500 ; The emergence of the narrative altarpiece -- From early to sacra conversazione ; Developments in the narrative altarpiece ; Polyptychs and triptychs 1500-c. 1520 ; The foreigners. 8. Sculpture (a. 1450-1530). Polyptychs and tabernacles ; Reliefs ; The bronze altarpiece ; The architectural altarpiece -- Epilogue: Titian after Bellini. The Assunta ; The transformation of the sacra conversazione ; Two commissions for terraferma prelates ; The Death of St Peter Martyr -- Appendix: Some Major Venetian Altarpieces 1450-1530.
Dust jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0300053584
9780300053586

Subject:

Altarpieces, Renaissance Italy Venice Themes, motives.
Altarpieces, Italian Italy Venice Themes, motives.
Retables de la Renaissance Italie Venise Thèmes, motifs.
Retables italiens Italie Venise Thèmes, motifs.
Altarpieces, Italian Themes, motives.
Altarpieces, Renaissance Themes, motives.
Altaarstukken.
Altarpieces, Renaissance Italy Venice.
Altarpieces, Italian Venice.
Church decoration and ornament Italy Venice.
Church architecture Italy Venice Details.
Italy Venice.
Altarpieces
Venice (Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 179826
Call No.: N6921.V5.H8 (ID:98-B366)
Status: Available