Andrea Del Sarto : Splendor and Renewal in the Renaissance Altarpiece.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Painted Mysteries -- 2 The Painter without Errors -- 3 Andrea and the Monographic Tradition -- 4 Art, Renewal, and Reform -- Chapter 1 Sight and Touch in the Noli me tangere -- 1 Touching Christ -- 2 Flesh and Facture -- 3 Figures and Figurae -- Chapter 2 The Sweetness of the San Gallo Annunciation -- 1 Conceiving Christ -- 2 "A Sweet Word, but a Sweeter Act" -- 3 Gloria -- Chapter 3 Light from the Light of the Madonna of the Harpies -- 1 The Pursuit of Brilliance -- 2 "Like a Divine Fire" -- 3 "The Supreme Illumination of our Mind" -- 4 Among the Visionaries -- Chapter 4 Sight and Sighs in the Disputation on the Trinity -- 1 Paradigms of Renewal -- 2 Among the Visionaries, Again -- 3 Attending to Color -- Chapter 5 The Splendor of the Luco Pietà -- 1 Christ's Death in Living Memory -- 2 The Bread of Life in Living Color -- 3 The Manner of Christ's Death -- Chapter 6 Light from the Shadows in the Gambassi Altarpiece -- 1 Spiritual Transactions -- 2 Embodied Prayer -- 3 To "Rest in the Shadow of the Almighty" -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) created altarpieces of startling beauty. Steven J. Cody analyzes those remarkable paintings as a means of illuminating the artist's career-long engagement with Christian theology.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.