Venice, decorum and Veronese

Author

Cocke, Richard

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Nuovi studi su Paolo Veronese

Author (monograph)

Gemin, Massimo (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Nuovi studi su Paolo Veronese. 1990, p. 241-255, 7 ill.

Publisher

Arsenale, Venezia (ita)

Publication country

Italy

Abstract (en)

Points out that the contract of 6 June 1562 for Veronese's Marriage at Cana (Paris, Louvre) for the refectory of S. Giorgio Maggiore (Venice) required that the artist use the best quality of paint, illustrating conservative aspects of the condition of painting in Venice, but on the other hand gave him great freedom in the handling of the narrative, reflecting progressive aspects. Argues that Veronese's response embodies a sense of decorum derived from the programs for his large-scale secular decorative schemes; and that as such it balances the traditional elements in his work with a progressive one that has its root in pride in Venice's political stability in the 16th c.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Veronese (Paolo Caliari), 1528-1588
• Painting
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Marriage at Cana
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• Decorum
• S. Giorgio Maggiore (Benedictine abbey)||Venezia (ITA)
• Commissions
• Contracts

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Veronese (Paolo Caliari), 1528-1588
• Peinture
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Noces de Cana
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• Décorum
• S. Giorgio Maggiore (abbaye bénédictine)||Venezia (ITA)
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Contrat

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00202949

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