Raphael's Tapestries: The Grotesques of Leo X
Autor Lorraine Karafelen Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 ian 2017
Around 1515, Raphael (1483-1520) designed a set of tapestries for Leo X, the first Medici pope. Each was sumptuously woven in gold, silver, and silk, and depicted scenes from classical mythology with inventive grotesques. Now lost, these spectacular, grand-scale textiles are reconstructed in Raphael’s Tapestries and set among a series of unprecedented decorative projects that Pope Leo commissioned from the artist. Likely produced by the Brussels weaver Pieter van Aelst, the tapestries pioneered a new all’antica style analogous with contemporary painted and sculpted interior programs. Tapestries played a central role at Leo’s court, as spectacle and as propaganda, and the Grotesques of Leo X would inform tapestry design for the next three centuries. Their beauty and complexity rivaled those of contemporary painting, and their luxurious materials made them highly prized. With this new study, the Grotesques take their rightful place as Renaissance masterworks and as documents of the fervent humanist culture of early 16th-century Rome.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780300181999
ISBN-10: 030018199X
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: 100 color + 40 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 241 x 286 x 21 mm
Greutate: 1.23 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 030018199X
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: 100 color + 40 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 241 x 286 x 21 mm
Greutate: 1.23 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
Notă biografică
Lorraine Karafel is assistant professor of art and design history at Parsons School of Design.
Recenzii
“Writing about lost works is difficult, and Karafel handles the task with eloquence, offering a logical presentation, clearly written text, and outstanding illustrations . . . Scholarly yet accessible, this book contributes nicely to discussion of understudied aspects of Renaissance art.”–Choice