Grotesques : sixteenth-century frescoes in Rome, Florence, and Northern Italy /
"When the term, Grotesques, first arose around the year 1500 in Italy, it referred specifically to ornamental frescoes featuring exceptionally inventive, noteworthy, humorous, or monstrous motifs. These paintings became a preferred decoration in the period's exquisite villas, palaces, and...
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| Language: | English |
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Aarhus :
Aarhus University Press,
[2025]
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| Edition: | 1st edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Fantasies of grottoes. Ancient "grottoes" ; Monstrous novelties ; Tradition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
- Grotesques in sixteenth-century visual culture. Grotesques in their spatial context ; Transformation and ambiguity ; Artificial nature ; Prints and books ; Grotesques in Europe
- Ingenuities. Painted sculptures ; Artist signatures and self-portraits ; Artistic licence
- Grotesques in a historical perspective
- Places and works. Rome ; In the Neighbourhood of Rome: Bagnaia, Caprarola, Tivoli ; Florence ; Tuscany and Umbria: Arezzo, Citta di Castello, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Orvieto, Perugia, Siena, Spello ; Northern Italy: Ferrara, Genova, Lagnasco, Mantova, Parma, In the Neighbourhood of Parma, Varallo, Venice.