Giovanni da Rimini : scenes from the lives of the Virgin and other saints /

Giovanni da Rimini : scenes from the lives of the Virgin and other saints /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Koopstra, Anna, author.
Imprint:	London : National Gallery, 2017.
Description:	64 pages ; illustrations ; 27 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Art -- Exhibitions. Idols and images in art -- Exhibitions. Religious fundamentalism -- Exhibitions. Art and religion -- Exhibitions. Christian art and symbolism -- Modern period, 1500- -- Exhibitions. Christian saints in art -- Exhibitions. Art. Art and religion. Christian art and symbolism. Christian art and symbolism -- Modern period. Christian saints in art. Idols and images in art. Religious fundamentalism. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11287523

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Varying Form of Title:	Scenes from the lives of the Virgin and other saints
ISBN:	9781857096224 1857096223
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-63).
Summary:	This monograph celebrates the National Gallery's 2015 acquisition of Giovanni da Rimini's 'Scenes from the Lives of the Virgin and Other Saints' (c. 1300--1305). The painting is a rare survival from the late Middle Ages, uniting the exquisite detail of late Byzantine icons with the new, more naturalistic and expressive style exemplified by the Florentine painter Giotto. Probably created for private contemplation and worship, the painting may be the left wing of a diptych, a theory that is examined here in relation to its assumed companion panel Scenes from the Life of Christ (from the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome). Significant new research explains its iconography, its devotional function, and the historical context in which it was created, while fresh technical analysis brings a greater understanding of the making and purpose of the panels and how they were originally displayed.

Table of Contents:

Director's preface
Introduction
I. Giovanni da Rimini and painting in Rimini around 1300
II. Giovanni da Rimini's Scenes from the lives of the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Francis and Saint John the Baptist
III. (Hinged) diptych, pendant panel or independent panel painting?: reconsidering the painting's original function.