The sacred image in the age of art : Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, El Greco, Caravaggio

The sacred image in the age of art : Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, El Greco, Caravaggio /

"Underlying the religious art of the Renaissance is a tension between the needs of the Church and the impulse to create great works. This beautifully illustrated book presents sacred images from the 15th and 16th centuries, leading up to two pivotal events in 1563. The Council of Trent, which s...

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Author / Contributor: Hall, Marcia B. (Author)
Imprint: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Titian, > approximately 1488-1576.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, > 1475-1564.
Painting, Renaissance.
Counter-Reformation in art.
Table of Contents:
  • Changing times. Protestants and Catholics in dialogue on images
  • The dilemma of naturalism
  • Interpreting and narrating the sacred image
  • Michelangelo's Last judgment and the failure of the sacred image at midcentury
  • The decree and the didactic solution
  • The affective response to Trent. Titian : his trip to Rome and after
  • Jacopo Tintoretto : sacred narrative and theater
  • Federico Barocci : from here to ecstasy
  • El Greco : Italy transported to Spain
  • Caravaggio : secularizing the sacred, sanctifying the secular
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix. Decree of the twenty-fifth session of the Council of Trent.

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