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Frederico Barocci: Grace

20 Wednesday Jun 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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Baldassare Castiglione, Book of the Courtier, France, Frederico Barroci, Renaissance, sprezzatura, Thomas Hoby, Urbino

Landscape with Banks and Trees,
by Frederico Barrocci (c.1590)
The British Museum, London
(Used by permission of Art Resource, NY)

Frederico Barocci  (c. 1526, Urbino – 1612, Urbino) is a Renaissance artist.  As a citizen of Urbino, he is not totally unknown to us.  Baldassare Castiglione, the author of Il Cortegiano, The Book of the Courtier, lived at the Court of Urbino.  Il Cortegiano was published in 1528, late in Castiglione’s life, but was written over several years.  The Italian courtier has sprezzatura.  In France, he is l’honnête homme.  In England, he displays contenance angloise, a term used to describe a form of polyphonic music, but which suggests  élégance characterized by an degree of restraint, or sprezzatura.

I love Barocci’s landscape.  I love its flowing lines (mannerist), its suggestiveness and its monochromatic quality.  Nothing is overstated.  Beauty can be bold, but it can also be a mere whisper, lace curtains gently billowed by the wind, sheer grace: sprezzatura.

According to Wikipedia, “The Book of the Courtier was one of the most widely distributed books of the 16th century, with editions printed in six languages and in twenty European centers. The 1561 English translation by Thomas Hoby had a great influence on the English upper class’s conception of English gentlemen.”

Related blog:  Il Cortegiano, or l’honnête homme

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Wednesday’s News: June 20, 2012

20 Wednesday Jun 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Canada

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CBC News, CTV News, France, Gazette, Globe & Mail, Le Devoir, National Post, New York Times, Psallentes, WordPress

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bonjour, says Fido
It’s a beautiful day.  It may be a little too warm during the afternoon, but at the moment we are enjoying the best weather summer can bring.  I did not get up late, but first finished a blog featuring one of a group of artists I have discovered.  Many use chalk and water, as did Barroci. 
 

The News

English
The Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/index.html
The National Post: http://www.nationalpost.com/index.html
The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/
 
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/tvnewsmontreal/ QC
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/news/ (national)
CTV News: http://montreal.ctv.ca/
 
French
Le Monde: http://www.lemonde.fr/
Le Devoir: http://www.ledevoir.com/
La Presse: http://www.lapresse.ca/ (national)
La Presse: http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/
 
German
Die Welt: http://www.welt.de/
 
 
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Music: Psallentes & Hendrik Vanden Abeele.  Hendrik Vanden Abeele is a WordPress colleague.
 
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