书名：The Medici: Portraits and Politics、1512-1570 / 美第奇家族：肖像与政治 1512-1570年

ISBN：9781588397300  

作者：Keith Christiansen    

出版社：Metropolitan Museum of Art

装帧：精装 328页

语种：英语

尺寸：23.5 x 3.81 x 29.21 cm

内容简介：  

美第奇家族在1434年至1494年间不间断地统治着佛罗伦萨，但在1512年重掌政权后，科西莫一世·德·美第奇展现出了前所未有的将文化作为政治工具的能力。他的统治将佛罗伦萨转变为一个王朝公国，并赋予了佛罗伦萨艺术此后一直占据的核心地位。随着佛罗伦萨在16世纪经历这些戏剧性的政治变革，肖像画成为记录人物相貌以及传达被画者性格、社会地位和文化抱负的重要手段。这本引人入胜的书探讨了画家（包括雅各布·蓬托莫、阿尼奥洛·布龙齐诺和弗朗切斯科·萨尔维亚蒂）、雕塑家（如本韦努托·切利尼）以及其他媒介的艺术家们如何赋予他们的作品一种博学且自觉时尚的特质，使佛罗伦萨肖像画独具特色。本书收录了九十多件杰出的绘画、雕塑、纸上作品和奖章，由一批国际顶尖作者撰写，对意大利艺术中一个关键而充满活力的时期进行了全面、深入的探索。

基思·克里斯蒂安森是大都会艺术博物馆欧洲绘画部的约翰·波普 - 亨尼西主席，卡洛·法尔恰尼是佛罗伦萨美术学院的艺术史教授。

The Medici family ruled Florence without interruption between 1434 and 1494, but following their return to power in 1512, Cosimo I de' Medici demonstrated an unprecedented ability to wield culture as a political tool. His rule transformed Florence into a dynastic duchy and give Florentine art the central position it has held ever since. As Florence underwent these dramatic political transformations in the sixteenth century, portraits became an essential means of recording a likeness and 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 distinguished Florentine portraiture. 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.

Keith Christiansen is John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Carlo Falciani is Professor of Art History at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence.

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