
The Drawings of Annibale Carracci
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Published on 28. February 2000
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-85331-764-7 (ISBN)
Description
Widely regarded as one of the greatest draughtsmen of all time, Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) is celebrated for his naturalism. Born in a time when the elegant deformations and exaggerations of Italian mannerism were still in vogue, Carracci turned instead to nature as his principal inspiration. Much attuned to the everyday world around him, he took as much interest in studying a man bowling, a butcher weighing a piece of meat, or a street entertainer with his monkey as he did in the preparatory studies for his grand mythological and religious paintings. The fruit of this intensive study is abundantly evident in his magnificent drawings of the human figure - from his early works in Bologna to those made in preparation for his greatest commission, the decoration of the Farnese Gallery in Rome. This stunning publication brings together a plethora of Carracci's masterful drawings to provide a unique insight into the technique and skill of one of the premier artists of his time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 254 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1742 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85331-764-7 (9780853317647)
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Persons
Daniele Benati, Gail Feigenbaum, Kate Ganz, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Catherine Loisel Legrand and Clare van Tuyll
Content
Contents: Lenders to the exhibition; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note to the reader; The inventive genius of Annibale Carracci, Diane De Grazia; The fate of Annibale's drawings, Catherine Loisel Legrand; Annibale Carracci: Chronology and documents, Stacey Sell; Annibale Carracci's beginnings in Bologna: Between nature and history, Daniele Benati; Catalogue nos. 1-26; Annibale in the Farnese Palace: A classical education, Gail Feigenbaum; Catalogue nos 27-61; Annibale's Rome:Art and life in the eternal city, Kate Ganz; Bibliography; Exhibitions.