Sassetta - The Borgo San Sepolcro Altarpiece

Informationen zum Autor Machtelt Israëls is Researcher in the History of Renaissance and Early Modern Art at the University of Amsterdam. Klappentext Sassetta, the subtle genius from Siena, revolutionized Italian painting with an altarpiece for the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro in 1437¿1444. This book solves the three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle of this masterwork¿s reconstruction and, on a firm scientific foundation, restores it to its vivid historical context. Zusammenfassung Sassetta, the subtle genius from Siena, revolutionized Italian painting with an altarpiece for the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro in 1437–1444. This book solves the three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle of this masterwork’s reconstruction and, on a firm scientific foundation, restores it to its vivid historical context.

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• Authors: Machtelt Israels, Machtelt Israëls
• Assisted by: Machtelt Israels (Editor), Machtelt Israëls (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2009
• EAN: 9780674035232
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03523-2
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 335 mm x 65 mm
• Series: Villa I Tatti Series; Villa I Tatti Series; Villa I Tatti Series - HUP Contins go to [e-mail]
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art