Author: VIRTUE AND BEAUTY : LEONARDO'S GINEVRA DE' BENCI AND RENAISSANCE PORTRAITS OF WOMEN (EXHIBITION) (2000-2001 : WASHINGTON D.C.)
Title: Virtue and beauty : Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance portraits of women / David Alan Brown ... [et al.]
Description: Washington : Princeton : National Gallery of Art ; Princeton University Press 2001. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 236 pages; Physical description: 236 p. : illus. (some col. ) ; 34 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held Sept. 30. 2001-Jan. 6. 2002 at the National Gallery of Art. Summary: This beautifully illustrated and exquisitely designed volume of paintings. sculpture. medals. and drawings celebrates the extraordinary flowering of female portraiture. mainly in Florence. beginning in the latter half of the fifteenth century. Included are many of the finest portraits of women (and a few of men) by Filippo Lippi. Domenico Ghirlandaio. Antonio Pollaiuolo. Botticelli. Verrocchio. and Leonardo da Vinci - whose remarkable double-sided portrait of Ginevra de' Benci. which departs notably from tradition. is the focus of special attention. It was in Florence during this period that portraiture expanded beyond the realm of rulers and their consorts to encompass women of the merchant class. This phenomenon. long known to scholars. is here presented to a larger audience for the first time. Subjects: Leonardo. da Vinci. 1452-1519. - Ginevra de' Benci - Exhibitions. Portraits. Renaissance - Exhibitions. Portraits. Renaissance - Italy - Florence - Exhibitions.Weight in Kg appr.:

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