对13世纪至17世纪初意大利文艺复兴时期祭坛画的一次全面研究

祭坛画是文艺复兴时期最独特和**的艺术形式之一。当时的艺术家——无论是画家还是雕塑家，无论是大人物还是小人物——都创作过至少一件祭坛画。虽然许多作品已经被淘汰或被肢解，但这些作品中仍有相当一部分幸存下来。尽管有大量的材料可用，但直到现在还没有人认真尝试过深入研究整个主题。《意大利文艺复兴祭坛画》是对这一艺术类型的**次全面研究，真正详细地研究了其内容和主题，从13世纪祭坛画的起源到16世纪初卡拉瓦乔的时代。它讨论了这些作品在整个意大利历史上的主要发展，涵盖了文艺复兴时期祭坛画的三个关键类别--"imagini"（图标）、"historie"（叙事）和 "misteri"（神秘）——并配有250幅精美的艺术作品复制品。

The comprehensive study of the Italian Renaissance altarpiece from the 13th to the early 17th century

The altarpiece is one of the most distinctive and remarkable art forms of the Renaissance period. It is difficult to imagine an artist of the time—whether painter or sculptor, major or minor—

who did not produce at least one. Though many have been displaced or dismembered, a substantial proportion of these works still survive. Despite the volume of material available, no serious attempt has ever been made to examine the whole subject in depth until now. The Italian Renaissance Altarpiece is the first comprehensive study of the genre to examine its content and subject matter in real detail, from the origins of the altarpiece in the 13th century to the time of Caravaggio in the early 1600s. It discusses major developments in the history of these objects throughout Italy, covers the three key categories of Renaissance altarpiece—

“immagini” (icons), “historie” (narratives), and “misteri” (mysteries)—and is illustrated with 250 beautiful reproductions of the artworks.