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The Allure of Rome: Maarten Van Heemskerck Draws the City

The Allure of Rome: Maarten Van Heemskerck Draws the City

Bartsch, Tatjana
Melzer, Christien

Hardcover

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ISBN10: 3777443441
ISBN13: 9783777443447
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Published: Aug 20 2024
Pages: 352
Weight: 4.40
Height: 1.20 Width: 9.20 Depth: 11.20
Language: English
A journey through the Eternal City through virtuoso drawings.

In 1532, the Dutch painter Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574) traveled from Haarlem to Rome. Pencil in hand, he discovered antiquity and the Renaissance. His remarkable drawings take us on a journey through time in sixteenth-century Rome.

Van Heemskerck was everywhere, from the Colosseum to the Forum Romanum to the Piazza del Campidoglio. He was one of the first artists from north of the Alps to embark on a trip to Rome purely for the sake of art. His sketches reveal his admiration for the buildings and artworks of antiquity and the contemporary art of Raphael and Michelangelo. This magnificent volume invites the reader to discover van Heemkerck's drawing technique, Roman topography, and the social network of the sixteenth century as well as the fascinating story of the restoration of his Roman sketchbook.

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