Inventing the Renaissance Putto |
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| Author:
| Dempsey, Charles |
| Series title: | Bettie Allison Rand Lectures in Art History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-2616-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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Focusing on the infant figure of the putto (or spiritello) and the mask that often accompanies him, Dempsey argues that 15th-century Italian art not only revives classical forms, but fuses them to local, vernacular, and modern Italian traditions, both literary and pictorial.
Focusing on the infant figure of the putto (or spiritello) and the mask that often accompanies him, Dempsey argues that 15th-century Italian art not only revives classical forms, but fuses them to local, vernacular, and modern Italian traditions, both literary and pictorial.