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The Franciscan genesis of Sassetta's altarpiece
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Cooper, Donal (2009) The Franciscan genesis of Sassetta's altarpiece. In: Israëls, Machtelt, (ed.) Sassetta : the Borgo San Sepolcro altarpiece. Villa I Tatti (No.25). Florence ; Leiden: Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies ; Primavera Press, pp. 285-303. ISBN 9780674035232
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Abstract
Sassetta, the subtle genius from Siena, revolutionized Italian painting with an altarpiece for the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro in 1437-1444. Originally standing some six yards high, double-sided, with a splendid gilt frame over the main altar of the local Franciscan church, it was the Rolls Royce of early Renaissance painting. But its myriad figures and scenes tempted the collectors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and today its disassembled panels can be found in twelve museums throughout Europe and the United States. To produce this landmark volume, experts in art and general history, painting technique and conservation, woodworking, architecture, and liturgy have joined forces across the boundaries of eight different nations. A model of collaboration, it opens new windows onto the creative process of the artist as he confronted a late-medieval church at a crossroad of cultures, the miracle-working body of a holy man, and a community of Franciscan friars breathing the exhilarating air of reform. To confront such challenges, Sassetta raised the most spiritual school of early Italian art, the Sienese, to a higher level of understanding, grace, and splendor.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History of Art | ||||
Series Name: | Villa I Tatti | ||||
Publisher: | Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies ; Primavera Press | ||||
Place of Publication: | Florence ; Leiden | ||||
ISBN: | 9780674035232 | ||||
Book Title: | Sassetta : the Borgo San Sepolcro altarpiece | ||||
Editor: | Israëls, Machtelt | ||||
Official Date: | 2009 | ||||
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Number: | No.25 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 285-303 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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