By returning to original sources, Natali succeeds in introducing a new Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530), one whose brilliant and moving pictures leap off the pages with startling freshness. Since the 16th century, Andrea has been pictured as a "timid soul, " a view first proposed in Vasari's Lives and perpetuated without revision by later writers. According to this view, the artist was so shy and irresolute that he squandered his gift, living in near obscurity and refusing prosperity and worldly honors.
Not so, says Natali, who argues instead that Andrea chose a simple but culturally vibrant life in a circle of like-minded friends -- intellectuals and common folk who practiced material austerity and humility. How can we label as timid an artist who painted a fresco cycle in Florence's most prestigious sacred institution when he was barely twenty years old? asks Natali. How irresolute was the man who accepted an open-ended invitation from French king Francis to join his court in an era when few artists left Florence; who -- amid rigid orthodoxy and accusations of heresy -- filled his sacred paintings with bold theological content; who headed teams of renowned artists in learned artistic debates and in the execution of major commissions? With such provocative insights, this volume is certain to stimulate and delight art historians and nonscholars alike.

Andrea Del Sarto

Arts & Photography

Natali, Antonio

Sarto, Andrea Del

History & Criticism

Abbeville Press

Book by Cecchi, Alexxandro, Natali, Antonio, Caneva, Caterina, Cecchi, Alessandro

The Uffizi: Guide to the Collections and Catalogue of All Paintings

Galleria Degli Uffizi

Cecchi, Alexxandro

Caneva, Caterina

Cecchi, Alessandro

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

G.K. Hall

For a comprehensive overview of Italian Painting, look no farther than Florence's Uffizi Gallery, one of the world's oldest and favorite museums, directly linked with the fame and the history of the Medici. With this new book, Taschen brings you a compact reference guide to a fabulous collection, concentrating on 400 of the most spectacular paintings of different schools from the 13th to 18th century.
A general introduction to each century is followed by in-depth studies of some of the most important paintings from each period as well as short biographies. You'll take a tour through some of the Uffizi's most famous rooms: Duccio, Cimabue, Giotto, Beato Angelico, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Veronese, Titian, Caravaggio, Panini and Tiepolo to name a just a few. Of course, a visit to Florence is the best way to experience these paintings; in case that's not an option, this book is the next best thing.

Italian Paintings of the Uffizi, Florence

Contini, Roberto

Taschen America, LLC

Rosso Fiorentino

Falciani, Carlo

Giunti Editore

L'amore, l'arte e la grazia. Raffaello: la Madonna del Cardellino restaurata. Catalogo della mostra (Firenze, 29 novembre 2008-31 marzo 2009)

Ciatti, Marco

Riitano, Patrizia

Mandragora

The Cinquecento in Florence: 'Modern Manner' and Counter-Reformation

Palazzo Strozzi hosts an extraordinary exhibition dedicated to Florentine art of the latter 1500s, the last act of a trilogy dedicated to 16th-century art in Florence, which began with Bronzino in 2010 and Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino in 2014. The Cinquecento in Florence, confronts the development of Florentine art in the second half of the century through paintings and sculptures by artists including Andrea del Sarto, Bronzino, Pontormo, Giorgio Vasari, Giambologna, Bartolomeo Ammannati and Santi di Tito. The exhibition, and this accompanying catalogue, also provides the opportunity to restore important works of art and to construct a wide network of collaboration between museums, cultural institutions and Florentine and Tuscan sites. The result is a celebration of an exceptional cultural epoch of intellectual inspiration marked by the Council of Trent during the Counter-Reformation, and by Francesco I de'Medici, one of the most brilliant representatives of courtly patronage in Europe.

Mandragora Srl

Offering of the Angels : Paintings and Tapestries From the Uffizi Gallery Il Pane Degli Angeli

Contemporanea Progetti

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