Lives of paintings, the: presence, agency and likeness in venetian art of the sixteenth century
Auteur :
Kessel, Elsje van
Éditeur :
Leiden University Press
ISBN :
9789087282813
Date de publication :
1 mai 2017
Dimensions :
26,4 x 17,7 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Nederlands
In sixteenth-century Venice, paintings were often treated as living beings. As this book shows, paintings attended dinner parties, healed the sick, made money, and became involved in love affairs. Presenting a range of case studies, Elsje van Kessel offers a detailed examination of the agency paintings and other two dimensional images could exert.