Sefy Hendler

Gracious and Beautiful Monster. The Literary Universe

English summary: The rivalry between painting and sculpture, known as the Paragone, is a well-known topos of Renaissance art. This study explores the visual aspects of the rivalry, analyzing works from the fifteenth and sixteenth century that clearly reference it. The second half of the study explains that the Paragone transformed from a competitive to constructive comparison over the course of the seventeenth century. French description: La comparaison competitive entre peinture et sculpture, definie aujourd' hui comme le Paragone, est un topos bien connu de la theorie de l' art de la Renaissance. La presente publication est destinee a explorer une autre face de ce debat, son aspect visuel. Le but est d' identifier, d' organiser et d' analyser les peintures et les sculptures produites en Italie des la fin du XVe siecle et tout au long du XVIe siecle qui abordent clairement des problemes lies au debat paragonien. La deuxieme partie de l'ouvrage s' efforce de dechiffrer pourquoi le Paragone visuel semble moins apparent dans l' art du XVIIe siecle. L' hypothese exploree se fonde sur la supposition que la comparaison competitive se transforme en une comparaison constructive entre les arts jadis rivaux.

le paragone peinture-sculpture en Italie XVe-XVIIe siècle

La guerre des arts

Keith Christiansen

Andrea Bayer

Davide Gasparotto

Tommaso Mozzati

Julia Siemon

Carlo Falciani

Elizabeth Cropper

Antonella Fenech Kroke

Elizabeth Pilliod

Linda Wolk-Simon

Between 1512 and 1570, Florence underwent dramatic political transformations. As citizens jockeyed for prominence, portraits became an essential means not only of recording a likeness but also of conveying a sitter’s character, social position, and cultural ambitions. This fascinating book explores the ways that painters (including Jacopo Pontormo, Agnolo Bronzino, and Francesco Salviati), sculptors (such as Benvenuto Cellini), and artists in other media endowed their works with an erudite and self-consciously stylish character that made Florentine portraiture distinctive. The Medici family had ruled Florence without interruption between 1434 and 1494. Following their return to power in 1512, Cosimo I de’ Medici, who became the second Duke of Florence in 1537, demonstrated a particularly shrewd ability to wield culture as a political tool in order to transform Florence into a dynastic duchy and give Florentine art the central position it has held ever since. Featuring more than ninety remarkable paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and medals, this volume is written by a team of leading international authors and presents a sweeping, penetrating exploration of a crucial and vibrant period in Italian art.

The Medici: Portraits and Politics 1512–1570

Sefy Hendler

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