Paolo Veronese and the Nobility of Painting
by
Tom Nichols
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Renaissance Lives
ISBN-10
1836391927
ISBN-13
9781836391920
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Imprint
Reaktion Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 25th, 2026
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
640 grams
Dimensions
14.60 x 22.30 x 2.40 cms
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A reappraisal of Veronese’s art as politically charged visual independence.
Paolo Veronese’s sumptuous paintings, with their vibrant colours and theatrical elegance, have often been admired for their surface beauty but also questioned for perceived excess and detachment. In this incisive study, Tom Nichols reconsiders Veronese’s pictorial language not as superficial display, but as a deliberate visual strategy that resisted the hierarchies and exclusions of sixteenth-century Venetian society. Through detailed analysis of major works, Nichols highlights the painter’s striking inclusion of marginal figures – women, servants, people of colour and the poor – within scenes of civic and sacred grandeur. Far from a passive decorator, Veronese emerges as a subtle commentator on power, dignity and the possibilities of art.
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