Splendor, Myth, and Vision
Nudes from the Prado
Published on 28. June 2016
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-300-21874-9 (ISBN)
Description
Handsomely designed and produced, this stunning book highlights sensual paintings from the Spanish royal collections of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Many of the featured artists were court painters under sovereigns whose tastes influenced the art world of the 16th and 17th centuries. This superb selection of twenty-eight paintings includes works by Jan Breughel, Guercino, Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, and Diego Velazquez. Included is Titian's Reclining Venus with Cupid and a Musician, probably painted by the artist for Charles V, and several works by Rubens, who painted a considerable number of works for the Spanish court. Informative catalogue entries accompany an essay by Javier Portus on the Spanish royal taste in collecting and the role of painting within European politics of the day and a contemporary response to understanding the nude in Renaissance and Baroque painting by Jill Burke.
Distributed for the Clark Art Institute
Exhibition Schedule:
Clark Art Institute
06/11/16-10/10/16
Distributed for the Clark Art Institute
Exhibition Schedule:
Clark Art Institute
06/11/16-10/10/16
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
95 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 307 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1382 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-21874-9 (9780300218749)
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Persons
Thomas J. Loughman is associate director of program and planning, Kathleen M. Morris is Sylvia and Leonard Marx Director of Collections and Exhibitions and curator of decorative arts, and Lara Yeager-Crasselt is interim curator of paintings and sculpture, all at the Clark Art Institute.