The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Stafford Gallery, highlighting its significance as the premier art collection in Regency London from 1806 to 1830. Through original research, it explores the gallery's impact on the art scene of the time, examining its collections and the cultural context in which it thrived. Humfrey's work sheds light on the gallery's legacy and its role in shaping artistic appreciation during a pivotal period in British history.
This text presents a comprehensive account of painting in Venice, from Bellini
and Titian to Tintoretto, from the middle of the 15th century to the end of
the 16th century. The art is set against the background of religious, social
and political conditions in Renaissance Italy.
Venetian artist Lorenzo Lotto (c.1480-1556/7) painted some of the most startlingly beautiful as well as some of the most puzzling and moving works of the later Renaissance. In this beautifully illustrated account of Lotto's life and work, Peter Humfrey offers the first comprehensive treatment of Lotto in English since Bernard Berenson's pioneering study published one hundred years ago. Humfrey draws on the large body of Lotto's extant work as well as on sixteenth-century documentation on the artist's life, including his letters, his account-book for the years 1538-56 and his will.Lotto first practised as a painter in the town of Treviso, but during his long and restless career he also spent periods in Bergamo and the Marches, as well as in Venice itself. His final, lonely years were passed in Loreto, where he died as a lay brother in the local religious community. Humfrey examines the way in which Lotto responded to the work of a wide range of artists, from Giovanni Bellini and Albrecht Durer to Raphael and Titian, but also emphasises the painter's marked stylistic individuality, even idiosyncrasy. Particularly attractive to twentieth-century viewers are Lotto's portraits, the psychological penetration of which reveal a personality exceptionally finely attuned to the thoughts and emotions of his fellow human-beings. The artist emerges as one of the most engaging and distinctive personalities of Italian Renaissance art.
The narrative follows Ted Bates, who enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery in 1910 and served during pivotal battles of World War I, including Mons and the Marne. His journey leads him to Ypres, where he confronts German troops in the Flanders fields. The story takes a tragic turn when Ted is shot and blinded during the fierce fighting on October 21, 1914, highlighting the personal cost of war and the bravery of those who served.
"Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini (c. 1435/40-1516) is considered the most important practitioner of Venetian painting in the latter half of the 15th century. Born into a family of painters, Bellini began studying art at a young age, painting primarily in the prevailing Gothic style of the early Renaissance. As time passed and he evolved as an artist, Bellini's wide-reaching influence came to inform the maniera moderna inherited by Giorgione and Titian. His unparalleled ability to both harness the expressive power of light and recreate the poetry of natural landscapes became the foundational tenets of the Venetian school of painting for centuries to come."--Amazon.com
