Author : Charles L. Eastlake
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 30,61 MB
Release : 2016-10-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781334041730
Book Description
Excerpt from Handbook of Painting, Vol. 2 of 2: The Italian Schools; Based on the Handbook of Kugler The founder, in some measure and in an inferior sense, of this school, was Francesco Squarcione, 1394-1474. This artist was born and bred to the calling of an embroiderer one of no small importance at that period, and closely allied to the practice of art. He is stated to have travelled in Italy and Greece and to have collected specimens and made drawings from objects of ancient art. On his return to Padua he started a school richly furnished with such models, which soon became largely frequented. At the same time he seems to have had but small ability himself as a painter, but to have officiated rather as undertaking, by means of his staff of pupils and workmen, to execute commissions of various kinds, ranging from designs for altar-cloths and tarsz'a, to the grand works of the Eremitani Chapel. It is difficult to identify any certain work existing by Squarcione, though his name is liberally given to productions of peculiar un attractiveness. An altar-piece in the Paduan Gallery, and a Virgin and Child in the Casa Lazzara, are both assigned to him. The latter is signed Opus Squarcioni pictoris. These two show a dissimilarity only to be reconciled by sup posing one or both to be the work of a scholar - the master's name being attached to whatever issued from his school. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.