Paolo Veneziano's Coronation of the Virgin
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Frick Diptych
ISBN-10
1913875156
ISBN-13
9781913875152
Publisher
D Giles Ltd
Imprint
GILES
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 11th, 2022
Print length
72 Pages
Weight
510 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 24.40 x 1.70 cms
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The Frick Diptych series is designed to foster critical engagement and interest the specialist and non-specialist alike. this, the 8th volume in the series, features an essay by the Frick's deputy director Xavier F. Salomon paired with a fascinating contribution from contemporary composer Nico Muhly.
The eighth volume in the Frick Diptych series focuses on a stunning fourteenth-century painting, pairing an essay by Frick deputy director Xavier F. Salomon with a fascinating contribution from contemporary composer Nico Muhly.
According to Muhly, The Coronation of the Virgin is “a panel of pure theater and music”. Painted in 1358 by the Venetian artist Paolo Veneziano (ca. 1295-1362), the apocryphal story of the moment when the Virgin is crowned Queen of Heaven is depicted here in one of the artist’s most thrilling and important works. Paolo presents the Virgin and Christ in sumptuous garments and surrounded by a choir of angels playing portable organs, lutes, trumpets, tambourines, and other instruments. The angels symbolize the harmony of the universe; their instruments are the authentic components of a medieval orchestra, accurately depicted and correctly held and played. The decorative sparkle of the surface — with its brilliant, expensive colours, patterned textiles, and lavish gold leaf — reflects the Venetians’ love of luxury, a taste that enriches much of 14th- and 15th-century art in Venice.
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