Mattia Preti
Subtitle: faith and humanity
By: Sandro Debono, Giuseppe Valentino
Contributors: Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699; Valentino, Giuseppe; Taverna (Italy). Museo civico; Palazz tal-President (Valletta, Malta); Heritage Malta (Organization)
Publisher: Midsea Books; Heritage Malta
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9789993274360; 9789993274377
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Exhibitions
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition titled "Mattia Preti: Faith and Humanity, 1613-2013" held at the Museo civico, Taverna, Italy, 24 February - 21 April 2013, and at the State Rooms, The Palace, Valletta, 3 May - 7 July 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302).
Table of contents: title: Mattia Preti at the Palace / H.E. Dr. George Abela, President of Malta; title: A major feat / Joseph Said, Chairman, Heritage Malta; title: Mattia Preti : faith and humanity / Sandro Debono, Senior Curator, National Museum of Fine Arts, Giuseppe Valentino, Direttore, Museo civico di Taverna; title: Mattia Preti (1613-1699) : "Il Cavalier calabrese" / Craig Felton; title: Mattia Preti in Taverna : references for knowledge on the context of origin / Giuseppe Valentino; title: Mattia Preti in the Roman context : reflections on documents and works / Giorgio Leone; title: The space revisited : a contemporary Mattia Preti / Luigi Tassoni; title: The effect of Dürer's prints on the art of Mattia Preti / Kristina Herrmann Fiore; title: Sculpture and the art of Mattia Preti / Devin Therien; title: Edged weapons in the art of Mattia Preti / Robert Cassar; title: A Maltese hagiography for Mattia Preti? / Sandro Debono; title: Mattia Preti in Taverna : on-going task for case studies, in-depth analyses and restoration works : towards the establishment of the first international archives on technical-scientific data regarding the complete works / Caterina Bagnato; title: Catalogue entries. Mattia Preti and Caravaggism; title: In the family; title: Dialogues; title: Mattia Preti and his times; title: Mattia Preti's inspirations; title: Art and faith; title: To err or rethink is human; title: Mattia Preti's crowds; title: From drawing to painting; title: The knight-painter.