Penny Nicholas

National Gallery Catalogues . The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings Volume II Venice 1540-1600

      Yale Univiversity Press, New Haven - London 2008 - Penny, NicholasThe Sixteenth-Century Italian Paintings Volume II: Venice 1540-1600. National Gallery Catalogues. London: Yale University Press 2008. 528pp with 300 colour and 45 monochrome illustrations. Cloth 28.5x21.6cms. The publication includes some of the greatest pictures in the National Gallery with the influence of Titian pervading the entire period covered. It also serves as an introduction to the major types of painting produced in the city: the altarpiece, the confraternity chapel decoration, the ceiling painting, the portrait and painted furniture. In addition, the author explains how the works were acquired by the gallery English. Language [Attributes: Hard Cover]