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The Sansovino frame / Nicholas Penny, Peter Schade, Harriet O'Neill.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : National Gallery Company, 2015.Description: 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781857095906
Subject(s): Summary: "Late sixteenth-century Venice saw the creation of some of the most inventive picture frames ever devised carved and embellished with bold scrolls, grotesque masks and lascivious figures. Named after the sculptor and architect Jacopo Sansovino, these range from the flamboyant and intricate to the quiet, subtle and simple. In this book, which accompanies an exhibition of Sansovino frames at the National Gallery, the authors discuss more than thirty examples, the materials and techniques employed, and their relationship to drawings, prints and the contemporary décor, furniture, wooden ceilings and stucco vaults of sixteenth-century Venice."--P. [4] of cover.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Green 749.7 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 06110
Book Book CGLAS Library Green 749.7 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 12220

Published to accompany the exhibition 'Frames in Focus: Sansovino Frames', held at the National Gallery, London, 1 April - 13 September 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36).

"Late sixteenth-century Venice saw the creation of some of the most inventive picture frames ever devised carved and embellished with bold scrolls, grotesque masks and lascivious figures. Named after the sculptor and architect Jacopo Sansovino, these range from the flamboyant and intricate to the quiet, subtle and simple. In this book, which accompanies an exhibition of Sansovino frames at the National Gallery, the authors discuss more than thirty examples, the materials and techniques employed, and their relationship to drawings, prints and the contemporary décor, furniture, wooden ceilings and stucco vaults of sixteenth-century Venice."--P. [4] of cover.