Classicism as Archaism: the Mazziere brothers and Florentine painting of the late 15th century
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-2-231-245
Abstract
The work of Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere (1466 - 1513) and his brother Donnino (1460 - after 1515) represents a local artistic tradition based on late Quattrocento pictorial language. They were pupils of Cosimo Rosselli and combined in their works, primarily large altarpieces made for three family chapels of the Corbinelli family in the church of Santo Spirito in Florence, the approaches and schemes which were practiced by prominent masters of the Florentine school. Their well-balanced and eclectic style is obviously archaic against the background of the achievements of Renaissance art of the first quarter of the sixteenth century; however, their works permit the identification of the decorative elements of large frescoes and altars made for aristocrat-patrons of the Medici period, which became fashionable, then standard and then widely current at all artistic levels. It portrays the tastes, the peculiar idiom, and "formula" of Florentine painting which was worked out in the last third of the fifteenth century.
About the Author
M. A. Lopukhova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina A. Lopukhova, Cand. of Sci. (Art history), head lecturer
bld. 27, enc. 4, Lomonosovskii av., Moscow, 119992
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Lopukhova M.A. Classicism as Archaism: the Mazziere brothers and Florentine painting of the late 15th century. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(1-2):231-245. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-2-231-245
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