Florence: The Paintings and Frescoes in the City that Invented Art, 1250-1743
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- Author：Ross King
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Summary
This is the most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence ever undertaken， with more than 2，000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city's great museums and churches-produced in the same manner as BD&L's The Louvre and The Vatican。 Every painted work that is on display in the Uffizi Gallery， The Pitti Palace， the Accademia， and the Duomo is included in the book， plus many or most of the works from 28 of the city's other magnificent museums and churches。 The research and text are by Ross King （best-selling author）， Anja Grebe （author or The Louvre and The Vatican）， Cristina Acidini （former Superintendent of the public museums of Florence） and Msgr。 Timothy Verdon （Director of the artworks for the Archdiocese of Florence）。
Reviews
Bogdan Raț
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Event though this is a major chapter in the European art history， I don't find much comfort in religious themed painting， especially in the one developed up until the beginning of and during the Renaissance， and roughly half of this book is full with it。 However， the initiative of this book is great， bringing the paintings and frescoes of Florence。 The most important works have a page of their own and are featured in about the same size as the page itself， but the majority of the other works are Event though this is a major chapter in the European art history， I don't find much comfort in religious themed painting， especially in the one developed up until the beginning of and during the Renaissance， and roughly half of this book is full with it。 However， the initiative of this book is great， bringing the paintings and frescoes of Florence。 The most important works have a page of their own and are featured in about the same size as the page itself， but the majority of the other works are featured in small format， sometimes more than ten per page， and that makes them really hard to behold。 This approach is only natural， you can't bring together all the paintings and frescoes that Florence has to offer in large format and also keep the book in a practical format as well。 The editing is good， there are two/three page chapters dedicated to the most important buildings in Florence， their history presented in a short summary， but could have been better。 If you have ten paintings featured on a page， they're not indexed， you have to count in order to find out which texts belongs to which painting。 The initiative， as said， is great and is worthy of a 5 out of 5 rating， but all things considered makes this a 4 out of 5。PS: I also find this to be quite unacceptable: at some point the author， when presenting Cleopatra， said that she had love affairs with the Roman Emperors Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony， considering that the Roman Empire was just around the corner， but not quite there。 。。。more
Randy Sooknanan
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This book is incredible。 Amazing photos and great analysis and descriptions。
Robert Dinca
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Sublime， only minus no sculptures which are essantial to florentine spirit。。。 Maybe a new book hopefully
Toni Grant
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Another beautiful reference book written by Ross King。 A treasure and wealth of information。
Chracker
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Incredibly thorough survey of a couple of thousand of paintings from all the museums in Florence。 it also has several outstanding essays on particular artists or eras。So many reproductions means that some are rather small。 Conversely several of the major important works have well detailed enlargements。
Antonio Soukef Junior
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Masterpiece！
Jenifer
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I took quite a bit of time with this。 It's more of a study than reading， but I'm glad that I can include it here because it is extremely well done and super comprehensive。 I love looking at art and reading descriptions about it。 I don't know how much I am taking away， because it was so meaty， but I like that you can also just look at the pictures or look up a piece of art or an artist and find where that piece is in Florence。 Such a great resource。 I took quite a bit of time with this。 It's more of a study than reading， but I'm glad that I can include it here because it is extremely well done and super comprehensive。 I love looking at art and reading descriptions about it。 I don't know how much I am taking away， because it was so meaty， but I like that you can also just look at the pictures or look up a piece of art or an artist and find where that piece is in Florence。 Such a great resource。 。。。more
Gabriel Congdon
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Fuck yeah！This is a great book。 It took me a bit， but it’s because I took a break。 For a while Florence was a place to set my laptop。 BUT， see， I don’t want that to take away from its worth。 I think it’s duel laptop pedestal only speaks， again to its greatness。 B，e，c，a，u，s，eI love Ross King。 I LOVED his Michelangelo book， I loved the Brunelleschi one， I loved the Manet one （I ripped it into a story。 In fact， I’ve structured a literary career melting down the cannon of King Ross） and even his art Fuck yeah！This is a great book。 It took me a bit， but it’s because I took a break。 For a while Florence was a place to set my laptop。 BUT， see， I don’t want that to take away from its worth。 I think it’s duel laptop pedestal only speaks， again to its greatness。 B，e，c，a，u，s，eI love Ross King。 I LOVED his Michelangelo book， I loved the Brunelleschi one， I loved the Manet one （I ripped it into a story。 In fact， I’ve structured a literary career melting down the cannon of King Ross） and even his art detective book I enjoyed （1， there’s like seven of them）。 I was a quarter into his De Vinci read when I thought， “Isn’t there more to life than studying the Renaissance？” Of the life that I’ve seen since then， not really。 Here’s soupcon for’ya: After the first wave of the early Renaissance painters， figures like Giotto， Duccio， e-to-the-tc。， the next generation ironically ditched the acanthua leaves of classicism and replaced them with the oak and ivy of yore。 Eh？ GOTHIC baby， a return to the old style。 “Its appearance marked a triumph for ‘moderns’ in their battle against the ‘ancients’”。 “An ambition to forge a different style than Giotto， one that looked to Byzantine precedents for aesthetic guidance…They may also have wished to convey a greater expressive intensity than could be explored in the more stoical vocabulary of classicizing art， with its emphasis on equilibrium and serenity。”Or as I would put it: INTERNATIONAL GOTHIC ARTIST: I don’t get the Renaissance’s love of bones。 Bones may hold me up， but they hold me back。 I don’t get me started on solar continuity…Isn’t that fascinating？ Here’s the thing about this coffee table book in disguise。 You got really look at each picture。 You can’t just flip through it like an asshole。 Even the small pictures， you really have to stare down。 Always， always you see things you didn’t notice。 In fact drawing the pictures is the best way to look at them。 Whenever I drew one of these bad boys， I’d see tons of things I would never had seen。 Our generation， you know， we， we should be drawing everything。 Just so we can see something for once; in this camera-shutter society of ours that cares more about montages then people。 That’s why I’m going to be drawing the dictionary。YES， that’s right folks， you heard it here in Ross King’s Florence review。 Gabriel Congdon will draw the dictionary！！！！ We’ll soon be turning to crowd-sourced funding to help finance the project， or as Gabe puts it， “realize humanity”。 But until then updates will be announced through reviews of other Ross King books。 So stay tuned and stay drawn！ Back to the review: And and， that， that’s the bada-boom-bada-bing of the whole visual arts thing: the learning how to look and to ask questions。 It’s a great way to get your Greek mythology and Catholic iconography down （your Saints？ You’re going to have your Saints down pat！） I would try to figure out what the picture was before looking at its title， and， might I add， got pretty good at it。 IN FACT， anybody interested in reading the Recognitions， I’d recommend this book as being the most helpful prereq。 Gaddis is all about this shit。 -He asks why don’t I do a Fran Angelico？ It’s because Fra Angelico painted on his knees。 He mixed his paint with his own tears。 I’ve been paraphrasing that book a lot lately。 It’s so good。 The Recognitions was so good！ 。。。more
Sharon Barrow Wilfong
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Brilliantly narrated book covering all the major artists that at one time lived in Rome and all their paintings there。 The book is chock full of photographs， all in color， and many that fill the entire page or two pages。 There are also many thumb nail size prints of the lesser works， but that is to be expected when you are including every single painting and work of art in a city like Florence。I found King's commentary on the art as well as the artists to be informative and interesting。 The book Brilliantly narrated book covering all the major artists that at one time lived in Rome and all their paintings there。 The book is chock full of photographs， all in color， and many that fill the entire page or two pages。 There are also many thumb nail size prints of the lesser works， but that is to be expected when you are including every single painting and work of art in a city like Florence。I found King's commentary on the art as well as the artists to be informative and interesting。 The book is huge， a couple of pounds heavy at least but a beautiful coffee table book and also great for someone like me who visited Florence was was unable to see everything。 。。。more
Barry
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I learn so much from Ross king it's hard to put down I learn so much from Ross king it's hard to put down 。。。more
John
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educating
Dana
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