Giotto and his Works in Padua
John Ruskin
- 194 páginas
- English
- ePUB (apto para móviles)
- Disponible en iOS y Android
Giotto and his Works in Padua
John Ruskin
Información del libro
"The Arena Chapel in Padua was completed in 1303; Giotto, then considered the preeminent painter in Italy, was commissioned to paint it in 1306. The resulting fresco cycle, detailing the history, birth, life, and death of Christ, ranks among the greatest artworks ever created.John Ruskin helped redefine art criticism in the nineteenth century through his attention to detail, his playful and engaging prose, and the conviction with which he discussed the subjects that mattered most to him. Ruskin's ekphrastic writing became a way for readers to approach the experience of looking at great art without actually seeing it in person. Despite having written about Giotto on numerous occasions in Stones of Venice and Modern Painters, he never treated the Arena Chapel in its own right. Here Ruskin examines the panels and brings them life, describing their many hidden details, all the result of Giotto's unrivaled genius. As Ruskin says, "Giotto was…one of the greatest men who ever lived."Long out of print, the Arundel Society first published Giotto and His Works in Padua between 1853 and 1860. It stands as Ruskin's most compelling set of reflections on Giotto's masterpiece—an artwork that, in Ruskin's estimation, changed the very course of art history…The result is a book that serves not only as an introduction for students of art history, but also as a discussion of what it means to be a great artist, by one of most influential writers ever to tackle visual art."-Print ed.
Preguntas frecuentes
Información
Índice
- Title page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL NOTE, 1899.
- AUTHOR’S NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1854).
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- GIOTTO AND HIS WORKS IN PADUA.
- SERIES OF SUBJECTS.
- I. - THE REJECTION OF JOACHIM’S OFFERING.
- II. - JOACHIM RETIRES TO THE SHEEPFOLD.
- III. - THE ANGEL APPEARS TO ANNA.
- IV. - THE SACRIFICE OF JOACHIM.
- V. - THE ANGEL (RAPHAEL) APPEARS TO JOACHIM.
- VI. - THE MEETING AT THE GOLDEN GATE.
- VII. - THE BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN.
- VIII. - THE PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN.
- IX. - THE RODS ARE BROUGHT TO THE HIGH-PRIEST.
- X. - THE WATCHING OF THE RODS AT THE ALTAR.
- XI. - THE BETROTHAL OF THE VIRGIN.
- XII. - THE VIRGIN MARY RETURNS TO HER HOUSE.
- XIII. - THE ANNUNCIATION.-THE ANGEL GABRIEL.
- XIV. - THE ANNUNCIATION.-THE VIRGIN MARY.
- XV. - THE SALUTATION.
- XVI. - THE NATIVITY.
- XVII. - THE WISE MEN’S OFFERING.
- XVIII. - THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE.
- XIX. - THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.
- XX. - MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS.
- XXI. - THE YOUNG CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE.
- XXII. - THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST.
- XXIII. - THE MARRIAGE IN CANA.
- XXIV. - THE RAISING OF LAZARUS.
- XXV. - THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM.
- XXVI. - THE EXPULSION FROM THE TEMPLE.
- XXVII. - THE HIRING OF JUDAS.
- XXVIII. - THE LAST SUPPER.
- XXIX. - THE WASHING OF THE FEET.
- XXX. - THE KISS OF JUDAS.
- XXXI. - CHRIST BEFORE CAIAPHAS.
- XXXII. - THE SCOURGING OF CHRIST.
- XXXIII. - CHRIST BEARING HIS CROSS.
- XXXIV. - THE CRUCIFIXION.
- XXXV. - THE ENTOMBMENT.
- XXXVI. - THE RESURRECTION.
- XXXVII. - THE ASCENSION.
- XXXVIII. - THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- APPENDIX.