1899 EARLY ITALIAN PAINTERS ILLUS LEATHER MINT DA VINCI

MEMOIRS

OF THE

EARLY ITALIAN PAINTERS

Anna Jameson, Estelle M. Hurll; 1899; Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Vol. V Complete in Itself; Leather; 62 Illustrations; 281 Pages; 5.6"x 8.4"; Rare!!

Great for any Religious/History/Art Fan or Collector.  Highly Collectible, Great Gift or Shelf Book!!!

Attributes:

A Charming, sleek marble cover design with gold borders, pretty maroon morocco leather binding and corners, with ornate gold floral decor to spine, gold tops of pages, marble end pages, with a lovely frontispiece and a total of 62 Wonderful Portrait Illustrations throughout and a very interesting read!!!

Some Contents Included:

GIOVANNI CIMABUE, PISANO, GADDI, GIOTTO, MARTINI, GADDI, VENEZIANO, ARETINO, GHIBERTI, MASACCIO, LIPP, BOTTICELLI, VERROCCHIO, INVENTION OF ENGRAVING, VENETIAN SCHOOL THE BELLINI, THE UMBRIAN SCHOOL, MICHAEL ANGELO BUONARROTI, RAPHAEL, SCHOLARS OF RAPHAEL, THE DOSSI, CLOVIO, PARMIGIANO, TITIAN, LEONARDO DA VINCI, VENETIAN PAINTERS OF THE 16TH CENTURY, BORDONE, TINTORETTO, THE BASSANI, ETC.  MANY MORE!!!

Background:

Anna Brownell Jameson (May 17, 1794 - March 17, 1860) was a British writer.

A volume of essays published in 1846 contains one of Jameson's best pieces of work, The House of Titian. In 1847 she went to Italy with her niece and subsequent biographer (Memoirs, 1878), Gerardine Bate (Mrs. Macpherson), to collect materials for the work on which her reputation rests—her series of Sacred and Legendary Art. The time was ripe for such contributions to the traveller's library. The Acta Sanctorum and the Book of the Golden Legend had had their readers, but no one had ever pointed out the connection between these tales and the works of Christian art. The way to these studies had been pointed out in the preface to Kugler's Handbook of Italian Painting by Sir Charles Eastlake, who had intended pursuing the subject himself.

She left the last of her Sacred and Legendary Art series in preparation. It was completed, under the title of The History of Our Lord in Art, by Lady Eastlake.

Condition:

Condition is Very Good/Excellent.  Some wear to edges, pages are very good/excellent, hinges/text block are excellent.  Overall, for over 110 years old its in Very Good/Excellent Condition!!!