Notice catalographique « Renaissance secrets : a lifetime working with wall paintings by Michelangelo, Raphael, and others at the Vatican »
- Titre
- Renaissance secrets : a lifetime working with wall paintings by Michelangelo, Raphael, and others at the Vatican
- Auteur ou éditeur
- De Luca, Maurizio
- Lieu de publication
- Los Angeles, CA
- Maison d'édition
- Getty Conservation Institute
- Date de publication
- 2023
- Collation
- xvi, 140 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm
- Résumé
- In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the greatest artists of Renaissance Italy were summoned to Rome, where they decorated the walls and ceilings of the Vatican. Here they adorned the holy chapels and the private chambers of the popes with paintings recounting biblical narratives and classical themes, all brought to life in astonishing detail. Maurizio De Luca spent his forty-year career in the Vatican Museum, including fifteen years as head restorer of the paintings restoration laboratory. In this sumptuously illustrated book, he offers readers a view from the scaffolding--a stunningly intimate perspective that illuminates the distinctive expressive choices of Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, and other illustrious figures, thereby demonstrating how the conservation process enriches our understanding of these iconic artists.
- Notes
- Foreword / Timothy P. Whalen -- Preface -- Chapter one : the Fifteenth-century universe of the Sistine Chapel. The craft of pictorial art ; The walls teach ; Pietro Perugino, manager Ante Litteram ; Botticelli's talcum power ; Painters' pranks ; Cosimo Rosselli: All that glitters... ; Portrait of the artist ; Specialists on loan -- Chapter two : Pintoricchio, poet of the Borgia epic. A rich and showy style ; The enigma of an unusual technique ; Free to use any color they like ; Pop art inventions ; The artist's notes ; The big story and the small story -- Chapter three : Raphael in the Pope's apartments. Trial and error ; Mysteries of the Cartone ; Wall "Archives and documents" ; Michelangelo bursts onto the scene ; Places, everyone! ; The maximum result with the minimum of colors ; Brushstrokes evoking innovation ; Mastering and managing light ; "Where is Raphael?" ; A wounded angel -- Chapter four : the last brushstrokes of Michelangelo. "A fresco is not an art for an old man" ; Time : a true tyrant ; Surprises and discoveries during the conservation and restoration ; Michelangelo takes the stage ; A theological treatise in color.
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Mural painting and decoration, Italian - Vatican City - 15th century
- Mural painting and decoration, Italian - Vatican City - 16th century
- Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance - Vatican City
- Peinture et décoration murales italiennes - Vatican - 15e siècle
- Peinture et décoration murales italiennes - Vatican - 16e siècle
- Peinture et décoration murales de la Renaissance - Vatican
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781606067994
- Pays
- United States
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- ND 2757.57 D4513 2023
- Clé
- 19800
- Collection
- Catalogue