Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
1409446204
ISBN-13
9781409446200
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159945702
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
502 Pages
Publication Name
Paolo De Matteis : Neapolitan Painting and
Cultural History in Baroque Europe
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Subject
Criticism & Theory, European, History /
Baroque & Rococo, History / Renaissance
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art
Author
Livio Pestilli
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
69 Oz
Item Length
10.7 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2012-026016
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
759.5
Table Of Content
Contents: Introduction; Part I Framing the
Artist: A fabricated life; Enter the critic. Part II Paintings: 'Napoli
nobilissima'; Circa 1700; Naples again; A Herculean feat; The celebratory self;
Supporting authorship; The skill of a 'Valentuomo'; Portraying Carthusian
values; Campanian connections; The remains of the day. Part III Drawings: 'And
truly Paolo was a great draftsman...'; Epilogue; Appendices; Index.
Synopsis
This volume represents a long overdue
reassessment of the Neapolitan painter Paolo de Matteis, an artist largely
overlooked in English language scholarly publications, but one who merits our
attention for the quality of his work and the originality of its iconography,
as well as for his remarkable ability to respond creatively to his patrons'
aesthetic ideals and agendas. Following a meticulous examination of the ways in
which posterity's impression of de Matteis has been conditioned by a biased
biographical and literary tradition, Livio Pestilli devotes rich, detailed
analyses to the artist's most significant paintings and drawings. More than
just a novel approach to de Matteis and the Neapolitan Baroque, however, the
book makes a significant contribution to the study and understanding of early
eighteenth-century European art and cultural history in general, not only in
Naples but in other major European centers, including Paris, Vienna, Genoa, and
Rome., A long overdue re-assessment of the Neapolitan painter Paolo de Matteis,
this volume examines the artist's most significant works and shows how
posterity's impression of him has been conditioned by a biased biographical and
literary tradition. More than just a novel approach to de Matteis, however, the
book serves as a window into early eighteenth-century art and cultural history,
not only in Naples but in Paris, Vienna, Genoa, and Rome.