Miraculous encounters : Pontormo from drawing to painting / edited by Bruce Edelstein, Davide Gasparotto ; with contributions by Giada Damen, Cristina Gnoni Mavarelli, Michele Grasso, Elizabeth Pilliod, Daniele Rossi, Raimondo Sassi
Publisher:
The J. Paul Getty Museum,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
160 pages, 42 leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, from September 7, 2018 to January 6, 2019, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from February 5 to April 28, 2019 Published simultaneously in Italian as Incontri miracolosi: Pontormo dal disegno alla pittura and in English outside North America by Le Gallerie degli Uffizi and Giunti Editore S.p.A Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-153) and index
Contents:
Miraculous encounters : Pontormo from drawing to painting / Bruce Edelstein -- Pontormo's Visitation in the Pieve dei Santi Michele e Francesco at Carmignano : a conservation history / Cristina Gnoni Mavarelli -- Restoring the Carmignano Visitation : techniques and discoveries / Daniele Rossi -- Catalogue
Summary:
"This catalogue brings together a small but important group of preparatory drawings and finished paintings that center on Pontormo's masterpiece, The Visitation, one of the most moving and mesmerizing works by the artist"-- Publisher's website
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