Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings, Etc. Presented by Mrs. Liberty E. Holden to the Cleveland Museum of Art (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Stella Rubinstein
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282823757
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Excerpt from Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings, Etc. Presented by Mrs. Liberty E. Holden to the Cleveland Museum of Art Most of the paintings in the Holden Collection are on religious subjects. By following them closely one can note the historical development in the treatment of religious themes. The earliest of the pictures show strong Byzantine influence, even though the spirit of interpretation of the themes is of later. Epoch. Especially is this double strain clearly marked in the Madonna Suckling the Child (no. Where the golden background, the pose of the Virgin and the drapery are Byzantine, while the lower part of the picture just as strongly expresses the Renaissance influence. Character istics of the art of these two different periods are again plainly evident in the Madonna and Child (no. Where almost the entire picture is in the Byzantine spirit, only the movement of the Child and the introduction of nature showing the influence of the Renaissance. The collection, in fact, illustrates the gradual but ultimately complete abandonment of the Byzantine idea, even though the gold background is still used by some of the artists. The beautiful picture by San Severino, representing the Virgin Enthroned with the Child and the Saints (no. May be con sidered as an intermediary step in the representation of the Virgin between the earlier and the more highly developed types, in which her human qualities make her a real mother, as, for instance, in the Madonna by Lorenzo di Credi (no. In the subject of the Crucifixion, the same changes can be seen. The little Crucifixion (no. Is an example of the early delineation of Christ on the Cross; while the Crucifixion by the school of Sodoma (no. In the introduction of a greater number of spectators and the group which includes the fainting Virgin, shows the later spirit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.