{"product_id":"raffaello-borghinis-il-riposo-9781442614932","title":"Raffaello Borghini's Il Riposo","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaffaello Borghini's \u003ci\u003eIl Riposo\u003c\/i\u003e (1584) is the most widely known Florentine document on the subject of the Counter-Reformation content of religious paintings. Despite its reputation as an art-historical text, this is the first English-language translation of \u003ci\u003eIl Riposo\u003c\/i\u003e to be published. A distillation of the art gossip that was a feature of the Medici Grand Ducal court, Borghini's treatise puts forth simple criteria for judging the quality of a work of art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished sixteen years after the second edition of Giorgio Vasari's\u003ci\u003e Vite\u003c\/i\u003e, the text that set the standard for art-historical writing during the period, \u003ci\u003e Il Riposo\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on important issues that Vasari avoided, ignored, or was oblivious to. Picking up where Vasari left off, Borghini deals with artists who came after Michaelangelo and provides more comprehensive descriptions of artists who Vasari only touched upon such as Tintoretto, Veronese, Barocci, and the artists of Francesco I's Studiolo. This text is also invaluable as a description of the mid-sixteenth century reaction against the style of the 'maniera, ' which stressed the representation of self-consciously convoluted figures in complicated works of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first art treatise specifically directed toward non-practitioners, \u003ci\u003eIl Riposo\u003c\/i\u003e gives unique insight into the early stages of art history as a discipline, late Renaissance art and theory, and the Counter-Reformation in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raffaello Borghini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442614932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaffaello Borghini\u003c\/b\u003e (1537-1588) was an Italian playwright, poet, and art critic. \u003cb\u003eLloyd H. Ellis Jr\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar living in Solon, Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44788704739443,"sku":"9781442614932","price":87.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f52d19e7-3470-485c-9d78-a973fb268b70.jpg?v=1776371978","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/raffaello-borghinis-il-riposo-9781442614932","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}