Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome

Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome Bowron, Edgar Peters;Kerbe, Peter Bjorn; Editore: Yale Univ Press, New Haven and London (2007) ISBN 10: 0300126808 ISBN 13: 9780300126808 Nuovo Rilegato Prima edizione Quantità: 1 Prezzo: EUR 175,00.- Descrizione libro: Yale Univ Press, New Haven and London, 2007. Hardcover. Condizione libro: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition hardback produced by Yale to its usual high standards with the book in 'Fine' condition and the dust-jacket 'Near Fine'. Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) was the most celebrated painter in Rome in his day. For nearly half a century, he recorded the international travellers who visited Rome on the Grand Tour, and these portraits remain among the most memorable artistic accomplishments of the period. His allegorical, religious and mythological paintings were also highly prized by royal and aristocratic patrons and collectors in both England and on the Continent This book offers a vivid and stunning appreciation of his work. More than 150 full colour illustrations represent the finest examples of his paintings from public and private collections in Europe and North America. Some of these works were newly re-discovered, and others have never been on public display before. The text by Edgar Peters Bowron and Peter Bjorn Kerber explores the textual and visual sources for Batoni's history paintings; the origins and prototypes of his portrait style; the extraordinary patronage enjoyed by Batoni as perhaps the only 18th century painter to work for virtually all of the major European courts; his working methods and techniques; and his critical reception. Size of book in inches is: 11.8 x 10.2. Codice libro della libreria 010071 - Language : english text Size: 260 x300 mm.-