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Grotesques. Sixteenth-Century Frescoes in Rome, Florence, and Northern Italy
Hansen, Maria Fabricius: Grotesques. Sixteenth-Century Frescoes in Rome, Florence, and Northern Italy. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025. 242 pages, illustrations in colour. Paperback. A study of decorative frescoes in Northern Italy and Rome in the sixteenth century, looking at the revival of grotesques during the Renaissance, models from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, the use of trompe l'oeil sculpture and artist self-portraits. Including a guide to extant frescoes in Rome, Bagnaia, Caprarola, Tivoli, Florence, Umbria, Ferrara, Genova, Lagnasco, Mantova, Parma, Varallo and Venice.
A study of decorative frescoes in Northern Italy and Rome in the sixteenth century, looking at the revival of grotesques during the Renaissance, models from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, the use of trompe l'oeil sculpture and artist self-portraits. Including a guide to extant frescoes in Rome, Bagnaia, Caprarola, Tivoli, Florence, Umbria, Ferrara, Genova, Lagnasco, Mantova, Parma, Varallo and Venice. Text in English
