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A Golden Age of European Art: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation (Hardback) edited James Clifton and Melina Kervandjian Editore: The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation distributed Yale University Press, United States (2016) ISBN 10: 0300207816 ISBN 13: 9780300207811 Nuovo Rilegato Quantità: 1 EUR 120,00 Descrizione: Yale University Press, United States, 2017. Hardback. Condizione: New. Language: English. Brand new Book. Marking the 50th anniversary of the acclaimed Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, this commemorative book presents masterpieces from the foundation's collection. The works span more than 400 years, from the 16th through the early 20th century, and feature a range of media including paintings, prints, and printed books. After a comprehensive introduction to the foundation and its collection, essays by eight scholars present new scholarship on key works. The featured objects include an image of the Madonna and Child by the Florentine painter Giuliano Bugiardini; Richard Wilson's iconic 18th-century composition The White Monk; printed materials in Venice that bridged Jewish and Christian cultures; and portraits by Paolo Veronese, Simon Vouet, and others. With more than 200 illustrations, this beautiful publication is a rich survey as well as a timely celebration of this exceptional collection. Codice articolo 011841 - Language : english text