Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes
Ross King
Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes is the most comprehensive book ever undertaken on the art of Florence, featuring more than 2,000 beautifully reproduced paintings from the city’s great museums and churches. The book illustrates every painted work on display in the Uffizi Gallery, the Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, along with many other works from 28 of the city’s other magnificent museums and churches that make Florence one of the world’s greatest treasure troves of painting.
Ross King provides the social, historical and artistic background of the city and its paintings in short, informative essays, and Anja Grebe, author of The Louvre and The Vatican, offers detailed readings of individual paintings. Additional material is provided by Cristina Acidini (former Superintendent of the public museums of Florence) and Msgr. Timothy Verdon (Director of the Artworks for the Archdiocese of Florence).
Book Details:
- Author: Ross King
- Published Year: 2015
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Ross King
Ross King is the bestselling author of books on Italian, French and Canadian art and history. Among his books are Brunelleschi’s Dome (2000), Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling (2002), The Judgment of Paris (Governor General’s Award, 2006), Leonardo and The Last Supper (Governor General’s Award, 2012), and Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies (Charles Taylor Prize, 2017). He has also published two novels (Domino and Ex-Libris), a biography of Niccolò Machiavelli, an...
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Book Reviews
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"an art lover's dream come true--a collection of nearly 2,000 images that includes every painting and fresco on display in the Uffizi, the Galleria Palatina of the Pitti Palace, the Accademia and the Duomo, and works from 28 additional museums and churches....It's fascinating to see these treasures of the Western world collected in one volume, with page after page of magnificence, including the works of Uccello, da Vinci, Correggio, Titian, Michelangelo and more. You won't have a better tour unless you visit the city itself--and even then, reading this book first would be worthwhile."
BookPage -
"For 800 years Florence, Italy, has been a sacred city whose very walls breathe beauty. In vivid essays and more than 2,000 lush images, this glorious book covers the great collections of the Uffizi, the Pitti Palace, the Accademia and the Duomo, plus key works in 28 of the city's additional museums and churches. The lively text explains Florentine politics, patronage, street life, banking, international trade and the effect of its wars, plagues and religious squabbles. Fascinating."
Star Tribune -
"You needn't travel to Florence to tour the masterpieces created by some of the world's greatest artists. "Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes: 1250 to 1743" by Ross King and Anja Grebe brings more than 2,000 images of them to you, along with a comprehensive guide."
The Sacramento Bee -
"The next best thing to a Tuscan sightseeing trip is a tour through the pages of "Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743"...which opens the doors of the Uffizi, the Accademia, the Duomo and countless Florentine churches to the armchair traveler."
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