The brothers Campi
Subtitle: images and devotion : religious painting in sixteenth-century Lombardy
By: Bram de Klerck ; translated by Andrew McCormick.
Contributors: Campi, Giulio, ca. 1507-1573.; Campi, Antonio, 1522 or 23-1587.; Campi, Vincenzo, ca. 1530-1591.
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Campi, Giulio, ca. 1507-1573 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Campi, Antonio, 1522 or 23-1587 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Campi, Vincenzo, ca. 1530-1591 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Lombardy -- Modern period, 1500-; Counter-Reformation in art.
Description: "The brothers Giulio, Antonio and Vincenzo Campi were the leading artists in the North Italian town of Cremona in the second half of the sixteenth century. They supplied religious paintings to a wide range of clients both in their hometown and elsewhere in the dukedom of Milan. Their work stands out for its unusual choice of subject matter, a high degree of naturalism, and a directly accessible presentation." "With the religious paintings of the Campi brothers as its point of departure, this book explores the way pictorial representations were used in the context of the Catholic Reform. Ample attention to the original public of the paintings brings to light the role these works played in the religious perception of their earliest users."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index.