Eccentric Renaissance: El Greco, Michaēl Damaskēnos, Geōrgios Klontzas

Eccentric Renaissance shows how El Greco and two other sixteenth-century Cretan artists, Michael Damaskenos and Georgios Klontzas, actively engaged in a re-casting of the Byzantine tradition of icon painting on the Venetian colony of Crete. In so doing, they created art that articulated a point of v...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barber, Charles 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press [2024]
Subjects:
Summary:Eccentric Renaissance shows how El Greco and two other sixteenth-century Cretan artists, Michael Damaskenos and Georgios Klontzas, actively engaged in a re-casting of the Byzantine tradition of icon painting on the Venetian colony of Crete. In so doing, they created art that articulated a point of view that was shaped outside of and against the hegemonic world of Vasari's account of art history. Building upon their own tradition, they developed a highly original understanding of the icon and explored its power to reconcile Byzantine and Renaissance styles of painting and provide a response to the growing presence of Islam.
Physical Description:xviii, 315 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780190209001

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection!