Genoese drawings. 16th-18th centuries (L'Inventaire General des Dessins Italiens. 11)

Genoese drawings. 16th-18th centuries Federica Mancini Editore: Officina Libraria (2017) ISBN 10: 8899765529 ISBN 13: 9788899765521 Nuovi Quantità: 1 Prezzo: EUR 125,00.- Descrizione libro: Officina Libraria, 2017. Condizione libro: new. English Text. Milano, 2017; clothbound, pp. 365, 630 col. ill., cm 210 x 280 mm (L'Inventaire General des Dessins Italiens. 11). Since 1972, the Prints and Drawings Department of the Musée du Louvre has been publishing the catalogues raisonné of its Italian drawings. This volume is dedicated to Genoese drawings fro the 16th to the 18th century. Genoa was an independent republic, open to trade and with a vigorous economy, and this condition allowed the birth of local art school permeated by a variety of foreign influences presente in the city. The renown of its school soon spread behind its borders and several Genoese painters had important careers in other cities. The book catalogues and illustrates the 500 drawings held in the Louvre's collections, with works-marked by an elegant and refined style spanning over three centuries- by Luca Cambiaso, Andrea and Ottavio Semino, Giovanni Battista Castello, Giovanni Battista Paggi, Giulio Benso, Giovanni Andrea De Ferrari, Bernardo Strozzi, Bartolomeo Biscaino, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Domenico Piola and the De Ferraris. Codice libro della libreria 010829 - Language english text Size: 210 X280 mm.