Benozzo Gozzoli.
| N° d'inventaire | 23346 |
| Format | 25 x 32 |
| Détails | 302 p., hardcover with dust jacket. |
| Publication | Paris, 2003 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782841051601 |
Benozzo Gozzoli (circa 1420-1497), one of the most esteemed and prolific artists of the Renaissance, is considered today above all as a privileged witness to Florentine life in the Quattrocento, particularly its pomp and ceremonies. This work, a true investigation of Benozzo and his time, aims to restore the artist to the essential place he occupied at the time. It studies the social and cultural context in which he worked, provides stylistic and technical analyses of each of his major works, and offers an extensive catalogue raisonné. Diane Cole Ahl recounts Benozzo's sixty-year career, during which he produced works for the most diverse patrons—from the Medici to "humanist" popes and great religious orders, to parish priests, nuns, and members of confraternities. It offers new interpretations of his major works, including the famous frescoes of the Procession of the Magi, created for the chapel of the Medici Palace in Florence, or the Old Testament cycle in the Camposanto in Pisa, a phenomenal undertaking that took fifteen years to complete. Thanks to the recent restoration of several of his frescoes—those in San Marco, in Orvieto, executed under the direction of Fra Angelico, as well as those in the Medici Palace, San Gimignano, and Castelfiorentino—the artist's technique is being seen in a new light. His drawings and sinopia, including those for the Camposanto frescoes, some of which are published here for the first time, are an integral part of this reassessment.
Benozzo Gozzoli (circa 1420-1497), one of the most esteemed and prolific artists of the Renaissance, is considered today above all as a privileged witness to Florentine life in the Quattrocento, particularly its pomp and ceremonies. This work, a true investigation of Benozzo and his time, aims to restore the artist to the essential place he occupied at the time. It studies the social and cultural context in which he worked, provides stylistic and technical analyses of each of his major works, and offers an extensive catalogue raisonné. Diane Cole Ahl recounts Benozzo's sixty-year career, during which he produced works for the most diverse patrons—from the Medici to "humanist" popes and great religious orders, to parish priests, nuns, and members of confraternities. It offers new interpretations of his major works, including the famous frescoes of the Procession of the Magi, created for the chapel of the Medici Palace in Florence, or the Old Testament cycle in the Camposanto in Pisa, a phenomenal undertaking that took fifteen years to complete. Thanks to the recent restoration of several of his frescoes—those in San Marco, in Orvieto, executed under the direction of Fra Angelico, as well as those in the Medici Palace, San Gimignano, and Castelfiorentino—the artist's technique is being seen in a new light. His drawings and sinopia, including those for the Camposanto frescoes, some of which are published here for the first time, are an integral part of this reassessment.