Giovanni Bellini
by Giles Robertson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0198171633
- ISBN 13
- 9780198171638
- Seller
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Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Contents: I. Introduction. The Renaissance in Venice. Flemish influences in Venice. The documented facts of Giovanni's life. Giovanni and Venetian humanism -- II. The earliest works. Giovanni Bellini or Andrea Mantegna. The problem of miniatures in the Arsenal MS. and the pen-and-ink drawings -- III. The work of the 1460s. Lauro Padovano -- IV. Antonello da Messina and the work of the 1470s -- VI. The lost paintings for the Doge's Palace and the mature work of the eighties and nineties -- VII. The latest works. The problems presented by the Feast of the Gods. Conclusion. This copy had various cuttings including a review, author's obituary and a flyer for the book. xxiii, 171 pages, 120 pages of plates : illustrations 29 cm. First edition, first printing. Black cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, closed tear to top edge repaired on verso, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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- Bookseller
- Springhead Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014801
- Title
- Giovanni Bellini
- Author
- Giles Robertson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0198171633
- ISBN 13
- 9780198171638
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1968
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