Sassetta : The Borgo San Sepolcro Altarpiece (2 vols.) Tapa dura - 2009

Harvard University Villa I Tatti, 2009 2 volumes in 4to (34 cm), 624 pp, 400 color illustrations, 250 halftones. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, in laminated slipcase (slipcase slightly rubbed). "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… Leer más