Painting in Stone - Architecture Poetics of Marble From Antiquity to Enlightenment

A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stoneSpanning almost five millennia, Painting in Stone tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Lavishly illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia revival in 19th-century England. Poetry, the lens for understanding costly marbles as an artistic medium, summoned a spectrum of imaginative associations and responses, from princes and patriarchs to the populace. Three salient themes sustained this "lithic imagination": marbles as images of their own elemental substance according to premodern concepts of matter and geology; the perceived indwelling of astral light in earthly stones; and the enduring belief that colored marbles exhibited a form of natural-or divine-painting, thanks to their vivacious veining, rainbow palette, and chance images.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Fabio Barry, Barry Fabio
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780300248173
• ISBN: 978-0-300-24817-3
• Pagine: 432
• Dimensioni: 215 mm x 280 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, History of Architecture, baroque, Renaissance art, Art & design styles: Baroque, Renaissance style, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Architectural structure and design, Medieval style, rococo