Art and the religious image in El Greco's Italy / Andrew R. Casper.

Author: Casper, Andrew R. author.

Imprint:University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]

Descriptionxiii, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Note:The divinity of painting -- The devotional image -- Synthesis as artistic ideal -- The theatrics of the counter-reformation narrative -- The artist as antiquarian in Christian Rome -- From icon to altarpiece.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.

Note:"Explores the early career of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 'El Greco,' in particular his engagement with Italian art around the time of his sojourn in Venice and Rome (1567-76). Examines the form, function, and conception of religious images in the second half of the sixteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

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