Splendor, myth, and vision
Subtitle: nudes from the Prado
By: edited by Thomas J. Loughman, Kathleen M. Morris, Lara Yeager-Crasselt
Contributors: Loughman, Thomas J., editor; Morris, Kathleen M., 1959- editor; Yeager-Crasselt, Lara, editor; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Publisher: Clark Art Institute; in collaboration with Museo Nacional del Prado
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781935998266; 9780300218749
Subjects: European Painting; Kings and rulers; Nude in art; Catalogs; Themes, motives; Renaissance Painting; Museo del Prado; Art collections; Painting
Description: "Handsomely designed and produced, this stunning book highlights sensual paintings from the Spanish royal collections of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Many of the featured artists were court painters under sovereigns whose tastes influenced the art world of the 16th and 17th centuries. The superb selection of twenty-eight paintings includes works by Jan Breughel, Guercino, Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, and Diego Velázquez. Included is Titian's Reclining Venus with Cupid and a Musician, probably painted by the artist for Charles V, and several works by Rubens, who painted a considerable number of works for the Spanish court. Informative catalogue entries accompany an essay by Javier Portús on the Spanish royal taste in collecting and the role of painting within European politics of the day and a contemporary response to understanding the nude in Renaissance and Baroque painting by Jill Burke."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.