Many famous Italian Renaissance artworks were made to celebrate love and marriage. They were the pinnacles of a tradition―dating from the early Renaissance―of commemorating betrothal, marriage, and the birth of a child by commissioning extraordinary objects or exchanging them as gifts. This important volume is the first to examine the entire range of works to which Renaissance rituals of love and marriage gave rise and makes a major contribution to our understanding of Renaissance art in its broader cultural context. Some 140 works of art, dating from about 1400 to 1600, are discussed by a distinguished group of scholars and are reproduced in full color.
 Marriage and childbirth gifts are the point of departure. These range from maiolica, glassware, and jewelry to birth trays, musical instruments, and nuptial portraits. Bonds of love of another sort were represented in erotic drawings and prints. From these precedents, an increasingly inventive approach to subjects of love and marriage culminated in paintings by some of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, including Giulio Romano, Lorenzo Lotto, and Titian. [This book was originally published in 2008 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.]

Art and Love in Renaissance Italy

Arts & Photography

Musacchio, Jacqueline Marie

Syson, Luke

Turner, James Grantham

Bayer, Andrea

Wolk-Simon, Linda

Edwards, Nancy

Thornton, Dora

Brown, Beverly Louise

Fahy, Everett

Krohn, Deborah L.

History & Criticism

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Renaissance Venice And The North /anglais

Thames&Hudson

THE GENIUS OF ROME 1592-1623

Three full-color reproductions showcase the accomplishments of the great artists who came to Rome in the late sixteenth century to execute commissions for popes, princes, and cardinals, looking at the key roles of four major artists--Caravaggio, Annibale Carracci, Rubens, and Adam Elsheimer--who gave birth to the Baroque style of painting.

The Genius of Rome 1592-1623

Royal Academy Books

Renaissance Venice and the North examines the interactions between Renaissance artists, musicians, and intellectuals in Venice and in northern Europe, and how the distinctive styles of each area had a lasting effect on the other. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, this catalogue contains the most recent scholarship on the dialogue between Venetian and northern artists that produced an abundance of art during the period.

Renaissance Venice and the North: Crosscurrents in the Time of Durer, Bellini, and Titian

Aikema, Bernard

Rizzoli

The 63 oil sketches featured here represent an aspect of Tiepolo's work that has not been well documented. They consist of studies for paintings as well as sketches produced for a patron's approval. Characterized by free, fluid brush strokes, they show the artist's technique and development.

Giambattista Tiepolo: Master of the Oil Sketch

Kimbell Art Museum

Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista

Pignatti, Terisio

Ferrari, Oreste

Longyear, Teresa

Electa

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