Palma Vecchio (Cambridge Studies in the History of Art)

Palma Vecchio (1480?-1528) was a leading painter of the italian Renaissance in Venice. As a contemporary of Titian, his short career unfolded at the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Golden Age of Venetian art which includes the work of Palladio, Tintoretto, Sansovino and Veronese. Like Giorgione and the young Titian, Palma participated in a crucial period of transition from an Early to a High Renaissance pictorical style in Venice. Despite his high reputation among British collectors and museums since at least the nineteenth century, no book has ever previously been published in English on Palma Vecchio. The few monographs in other languages are both outdated and inadequate. His paintings are famous for theis sensual appeal: idealized saints in verdant landscapes, female nudes, beautiful and sensual women in half length portraits, grandiose alterpieces, and a rich and warm palette of vibrant colours. All documents are taken into consideration, and the fully-illustrated catalogues establish a chronology and identify the autograph work. A substantial text in six chapters deals with the artist's work according to his characteristic subject matter: altarpieces, Madonnas and Saints, and portraits (male and female).Philip Rylands is the author of 'Palma Vecchio (Cambridge Studies in the History of Art)', published 1992 under ISBN 9780521373326 and ISBN 0521373328.