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Автор: Cynthia De Giorgio
Название: Mattia Preti: Saints and Heroes for the Knights of Malta
ISBN: 9789993274810
Издательство: Marston Book Services
Классификация:

Искусство / Альбомы

ISBN-10: 999327481X
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 144
Вес: 1.12 кг.
Дата издания: 30.05.2014
Серия: Arts
Язык: English
Размер: 231 x 274 x 21
Ключевые слова: The arts
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: This book explores and investigates the importance of saints and heroes to the Knights of Malta. Mattia Pretis corpus of paintings was selected as it is one of the most significant collections of narrative paintings depicting saints and heroes that received the devotion of the Knights of Malta between 1658 and 1698. The influence of these paintings was instrumental not only for introducing new devotions but also for bringing the new expressive baroque artistic style to the Maltese islands. Occasionally paintings of saints which Preti produced for the Maltese clergy are included to give a complete picture of the devotion these particular saints received. The iconography of the saints and heroes brings to light their stories and legends, some well-known, others completely forgotten, in a world of ever-changing cultural diversity. The book is organised, where possible, in the chronology of Pretis production. The first section of the book explores the reasons for the popularity of such paintings in the seventeenth century; the emergence of the cult of saints; and, its popularity with the Knights of Malta and how it influenced Pretis artistic development and commissions. The second part is dedicated to the saints stories and legends, each followed by a description of the paintings iconography and its narrative as Preti depicted them according to history or legend. All the paintings cited in this book have been personally studied and examined.

Mattia Preti: Saints and Heroes for the Knights of Malta, Cynthia De Giorgio