{"product_id":"paragons-and-paragone-rudolf-preimesberger-9780892369645","title":"Paragons and Paragone: Van Eyck, Raphael, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Bernini","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eparagone\u003c\/i\u003e--the notion of competition and rivalry among the arts--has been a topic of debate for centuries. It erupted with great force in the Renaissance, with sculptors vying with painters for superiority, modern artists competing with the ancients, and painting challenging poetry. If the traces of this lively conversation are most evident in the literature, the remarkable scholarship presented here demonstrates how the \u003ci\u003eparagone\u003c\/i\u003e was rendered visible also in works of art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays on Renaissance and Baroque art reveal the \u003ci\u003eparagone\u003c\/i\u003e to be a crucial motive and key to the interpretation of some of the most celebrated works of art such as Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece and Michelangelo's \u003ci\u003ePiet \u003c\/i\u003e in St. Peter's Basilica. The author's incisive and erudite analysis of social history, biography, rhetoric, art theory, wordplay, and history illuminates these works anew, thus affording a modern audience a better understanding of the subtleties of their composition and meaning. Readers will find surprising insights and unsuspected drama in works of art they may have thought they knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudolf Preimesberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0892369647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780892369645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Getty Research Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.45h x 7.95w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 174","brand":"Rudolf Preimesberger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44966119145727,"sku":"9780892369645","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_210329a2-55b3-4ce0-8635-da7873c1a992.jpg?v=1711158913","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paragons-and-paragone-rudolf-preimesberger-9780892369645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}