The ivory mirror : the art of mortality in Renaissance Europe : [exhibition presented at Bowdoin College Museum of Art from June 24 to November 26, 2017]
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Perkinson Stephen ; Speakman Naomi ; Baker Katherine ; Morrison Elizabeth (1968-....) ; Solberg Emma Maggie ; Museum of art ;
- Editeurs : Brunswick, Maine New Haven, Connecticut London Bowdoin College Museum of Art Yale University Press [diffusion/distribution] ;
- Date d'édition : Copyright 2017
- ISBN : 978-0-300-22595-2
- Sujets : Art de la Renaissance -- Thèmes, motifs -- Catalogues d'exposition, Mort, Art, Ivoires de la Renaissance, Museum of art -- Catalogues d'exposition
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (279 p.), : Ill. en coul., 27 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Bibliogr. p. 247-264. Notes bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index
Résumé
La 4e de couverture indique : 'We often imagine the Renaissance as an age of exceptional human progress and artistic achievement. But, intriguingly, macabre images proliferated in precisely this period: unsettling depictions of Death personified, of decaying bodies, of young lovers struck down in their prime. These morbid themes run riot in the remarkable array of artworks featured in The Ivory Mirror. Nearly 200 illustrated artworks--from ivory prayer beads to gem-encrusted jewelry to exquisitely carved small sculptures--present us with an aspect of this era that is at once darker and more familiar than we might have expected.'