Painters of Reality: The Legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy by Andrea [editor]. Bayer - 2004-01-01

Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good.

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New York and New Haven, CT: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2004. xiv, 257 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibit held at the Museo Civico "Ala Ponzone," Cremona, from February 14 through May 2, 2004, and at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from May 27 through August 15, 2004. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foreedge lightly soiled. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "Largely as a result of Leonardo's innovative work for the Sforza court in Milan, a rich vein of naturalism developed in North Italian art during the late fifteenth century. Questioning the strongly classicizing idealized style dominant in areas south of the Apennines, artists in the region of Lombardy turned to an investigation of the natural world based on direct observation and adherence to strict visual truth. This heritage of realism continued to be of key importance for more than two hundred years,… Read More

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. Paperback. Good.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, 2004. New in shrinkwrap.. Paperback. New.