Painters and Sitters in Early-Seventeenth Century Rome.Portraits of the Soul

Browse Authors Contact & Info News BOOK SERIES Irreplaceable Portraits, vol. 2 About this series Painters and Sitters in Early-Seventeenth Century Rome Portraits of the Soul Esther Theiler Pages: 336 p. Size:220 x 280 mm Illustrations:6 b/w, 146 col. Language(s):English Publication Year:2023 Buy print version ? 190,00 RETAIL PRICE ISBN: 978-2-503-59083-7 Hardback Available Portraits of poets, courtiers, buffoons and the artists themselves are examined in the context of the development of portraiture and the cultural environment of early seicento Rome. SUBJECT(S) Baroque & Rococo painting Artists (incl. musicians) Artistic techniques and materials Italian Peninsula (c. 1501-1800) BIO Esther Theiler holds a PhD in Art History and is currently an independent scholar working in the areas of seventeenth century art history, nineteenth to twentieth century art history, portraiture and literature. SUMMARY Significant innovations in portraiture occurred during the transitional period from the end of the sixteenth-century to the early seventeenth-century in Rome. Portraits by Annibale Carracci, Valentin de Boulogne, Anthony van Dyck, Simon Vouet and Gianlorenzo Bernini display a loosening of formality and a trend towards movement. These artists produced a portrait type that was more inclusive of the viewer, more communicative, more revealing of a private face. The portraits in this study were less likely to celebrate achievements, family or social standing, titles, rank or station. Instead they portray individuals who exist apart from their professional personae. They reveal unique and characteristic traits of their subjects captured at a particular moment in time. They used subtle affetti, painting technique and colour to express mood and atmosphere and evoke the presence of the sitter. The sitters include poets, courtiers, buffoons and the artists themselves, and each composition is attentive to the thoughts, emotions and imaginative life of the individual - Language :Egnlish text