Robertson Clare: Drawings by the Carracci: From British Collections
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Жанр : ACC Distribution
Издательство : ACC Distribution
Год издания : 1996
Аннотация:
• This is a critical study of drawings by Annibale (1560-1609) and Agostino Carricci (1557-1602), together with their cousin, Ludovico (1555-1619) The rich holdings of drawings by the Carracci in British collections can only be partially represented in this book; nevertheless, the variety of types of drawings and the high quality of the sheets here presented are striking. Over thirty of the drawings exhibited were in British hands before the middle of the eighteenth century, and thirty others entered the Royal Collection in the early 1760s. What was the appeal of Carracci drawings for British artists and amateurs from the early seventeenth to the nineteenth century? What opportunities were there for viewing or acquiring Carracci drawings, and what kinds of discussions did these drawings generate? Such questions are naturally bound up with the growth of interest all over Europe in drawings per se — still a highly specialised taste in the seventeenth century — and with the lure of Italy and its art treasures for the British as restrictions on travel gradually eased. This book looks at the changing perceptions of the Carracci as draughtsmen, and at some aspects of the history of collecting Carracci drawings in this country.