Tintoretto (Museo Nacional de Prado ?)
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,History & Criticism
Tintoretto (Museo Nacional de Prado ?) Details
From the Inside Flap Accompanying a major exhibition at the Museo del Prado, Madrid--the first modern exhibition of Tintoretto's works since 1937--this book presents a thorough examination of fifty paintings and twenty drawings. Beautifully produced, it is a landmark publiciaton on Tintoretto. Read more About the Author Miguel Falomir is head of the Department of French and Italian Painting at the Museuo del Prado. Other contributors include Linda Borean, Jill Dunkerton, Robert Echols, Frederick Ilchmann, and Roland Krischel. Read more
Reviews
Tintoretto in Madrid? This exhibition, held recently at the Prado Museum, created quite a stir in the art world. It was the first major monographic showing of this artist's work since 1937. Of course most of the very large (and untransportable) Tintoretto paintings are to be seen in venues dotted around Venice. A significant proportion of the 49 paintings featured in this exhibition were sourced from Madrid. Others come from various other international sources and only a relatively few originate from Venice.This catalogue gives a good impression of what art lovers were effusing about. Although Tintoretto was not entirely consistent in the quality of his enormous output, the paintings in the catalogue are generally of a superior quality. They are simply ravishing in their beauty.Apart from interesting introductory essays concerning the artist, there are many color reproductions of his major works not presented in the exhibition. Additionally there are presentations of a small number of Tintoretto's drawings.Do not be negatively swayed by the cost of this soft cover book. Given the excellence of the reproductions (some of the finest that I have encountered) and the luxurious quality of the paper and printing, it is well worth the asking price.