
Carlo Dolci. A Refreshment
J. Imorde(Author)
Peeters Publishers
1st Edition
Published on 28. February 2017
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115 pages
978-90-429-3456-6 (ISBN)
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Description
Carlo Dolci. A Refreshment reevaluates the works of the
Florentine painter Carlo Dolci. For art historical authors of the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the name Dolci was used as
a convenient epithet for mocking the sentimental style of the artist's
exclusively religious paintings. A seventeenth century audience,
however, could still understand his 'sweetness' as an authentic
expression of an old theological concept that went back to the bible
itself: the so-called Dulcedo dei, or sweetness of God.
This study looks at Dolci's reception throughout the centuries to
show how it came to be that the theologically substantiated aesthetic of
sweetness in Dolci's oeuvre fell out of favor and into oblivion.
Florentine painter Carlo Dolci. For art historical authors of the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the name Dolci was used as
a convenient epithet for mocking the sentimental style of the artist's
exclusively religious paintings. A seventeenth century audience,
however, could still understand his 'sweetness' as an authentic
expression of an old theological concept that went back to the bible
itself: the so-called Dulcedo dei, or sweetness of God.
This study looks at Dolci's reception throughout the centuries to
show how it came to be that the theologically substantiated aesthetic of
sweetness in Dolci's oeuvre fell out of favor and into oblivion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leuven
Belgium
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-90-429-3456-6 (9789042934566)
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