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On the Baroque painter's early years in Rome and the origins of his vision of landscape painting

The impetus behind this volume was the Italian state's 2020 acquisition of the painting Landscape with a Country Dance (160102) by the Italian Baroque painter Guido Reni (15751642). The artwork's return to its native land at the Galleria Borghese marked a prime opportunity to rediscover the artist and his oeuvre, particularly the landscapes and rural scenes he created during his early years in Rome.
Nature and Devotion tracks the new vision of naturea fusion of science and poetrythat Reni developed alongside his contemporaries (who included Niccolò dell'Abate, Annibale Carracci, Domenichino and Giovanni Battista Viola). Following the artist's course up until his breakthrough fresco for the Casino of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, Aurora (161314), the volume conveys how the impressions he gathered during his early years in Rome established a rob

Guido Reni and Rome Nature and Devotion

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    Publisher: Marsilio
    Publication Date: 1/3/2022
    ISBN13: 9791254630464, 979-1254630464
    ISBN10: 9791254630464

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    On the Baroque painter's early years in Rome and the origins of his vision of landscape painting

    The impetus behind this volume was the Italian state's 2020 acquisition of the painting Landscape with a Country Dance (160102) by the Italian Baroque painter Guido Reni (15751642). The artwork's return to its native land at the Galleria Borghese marked a prime opportunity to rediscover the artist and his oeuvre, particularly the landscapes and rural scenes he created during his early years in Rome.
    Nature and Devotion tracks the new vision of naturea fusion of science and poetrythat Reni developed alongside his contemporaries (who included Niccolò dell'Abate, Annibale Carracci, Domenichino and Giovanni Battista Viola). Following the artist's course up until his breakthrough fresco for the Casino of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, Aurora (161314), the volume conveys how the impressions he gathered during his early years in Rome established a rob

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