Author:
Kientz, Guillaume, curator, author.
ImprintFort Worth, Texas : Kimbell Art Museum, [2022]
ImprintNew Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2022]
Imprint2022
Descriptionix, 190 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Note:Accompanies an exhibition held at the Kimbell Art Museum, September 18, 2022-January 29, 2023.
Note:Murillo's Moral Compass: An introduction to the exhibition / Guillaume Kientz -- Friends or foes: Murillo's "Three Boys" and the Afro-Hispanic World in Seventeenth-Century Seville / Madeleine L. Haddon -- Murillo and the North / Ronni Baer -- Murillo's Ruins / Fernando Loffredo -- Catalogue / Guillaume Kientz -- Murillo's Portraits / Xavier F. Salomon.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographic references (pages 182-185).
Note:"A revealing exploration of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's genre paintings and the cultural significance of his depictions of ordinary people. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) is best known for his religious subject matter, yet some of his most iconic works depict secular themes. Celebrating Murillo's genre paintings and shedding new light on the innovative portrayals of beggars, street urchins, and flower girls in the artist's culturally rich narratives of youth and age, romance and seduction, and faith and charity, this generously illustrated volume features insightful essays that address Murillo's art through the lenses of antiquity, northern culture, portraiture, and diversity in the city of Seville. The catalogue also contains detailed commentaries on the more than fifty works included in the exhibition, further exploring these paintings' complex meanings to reveal their importance in their own time and suggest their relevance in our own."--Publisher's website.
