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Discover the captivating world of the bravura movement in European painting with this essential book. Tracing its origins back to sixteenth-century Venice, 'Bravura' uncovers how this painterly style revolutionized art across Europe in the seventeenth century. Unlike previous artistic movements that presented a polished image of the artist, bravura celebrated the creative process itself—highlighting distinct materials and virtuosic execution.

Authored by Nicola Suthor, this comprehensive analysis offers a profound understanding of bravura as not just an artistic practice but as a cultural phenomenon. Delve into in-depth examinations of key works from masters like François Boucher, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, Frans Hals, Peter Paul Rubens, Tintoretto, and Diego Velazquez. Learn how the striking techniques—visible brushstrokes, dramatic chiaroscuro, and severe foreshortening—evoke an emotional connection between the artist and the viewer.

Suthor's exploration extends beyond the canvas, linking bravura's etymology to themes of courage and spontaneity, paralleling the flamboyant identity of the artist with historical figures such as mercenaries and street thugs. This detailed narrative illuminates the personality cult surrounding the daring, self-taught genius, striving for both admiration and applause through their exhilarating skill and presentation. Perfect for art enthusiasts and scholars alike, 'Bravura' is a monumental addition to any art library.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780691204581
Format: Trade binding
Year: 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press


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The first major history of the bravura movement in European painting

The painterly style known as bravura emerged in sixteenth-century Venice and spread throughout Europe during the seventeenth century. While earlier artistic movements presented a polished image of the artist by downplaying the creative process, bravura celebrated a painter's distinct materials, virtuosic execution, and theatrical showmanship. This resulted in the further development of innovative techniques and a popular understanding of the artist as a weapon-wielding acrobat, impetuous wunderkind, and daring rebel. In Bravura, Nicola Suthor offers the first in-depth consideration of bravura as an artistic and cultural phenomenon. Through history, etymology, and in-depth analysis of works by such important painters as Fran ois Boucher, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, Frans Hals, Peter Paul Rubens, Tintoretto, and Diego Velazquez, Suthor explores the key elements defining bravura's richness and power.

Suthor delves into how bravura's unique and groundbreaking methods-visible brushstrokes, sharp chiaroscuro, severe foreshortening of the body, and other forms of visual emphasis-cause viewers to feel intensely the artist's touch. Examining bravura's etymological history, she traces the term's associations with courage, boldness, spontaneity, imperiousness, and arrogance, as well as its links to fencing, swordsmanship, henchmen, mercenaries, and street thugs. Suthor discusses the personality cult of the transgressive, self-taught, antisocial genius, and the ways in which bravura artists, through their stunning displays of skill, sought applause and admiration.

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