Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action

'An absolutely smashing book . . . The production values and organization of this volume could not be better, and it contains illuminating essays by 16 writers who take on different aspects of that unique period in art' - The New York Book Review

A beautiful book about the great Renaissance artist Andrea del Sarto

This richly-illustrated book was published on the occasion of the 2015/6 exhibition Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and at the Frick Collection, New York.

The great Renaissance artist, Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530), rivals Leonardo da Vinci as one of history’s most accomplished draftsmen. He brought unprecedented realism to his drawings in his life and compositional studies. 

This book reveals del Sarto's inventiveness and creative process, presenting fifty core drawings on paper together with a handful of paintings. It is the first publication to look to del Sarto’s working practice through a close examination of his art from across all the world’s major collections.  

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Details

• Author: Julian Brooks, Curator in the Department of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum
• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Date published: June 2015
• Language: English
• Delivery: Allow 1-2 weeks
• ISBN: 978-1606064382
• Product Dimensions: 29.8 x 24.1 x 3.3 cm

Reviews

'The excellent catalog.. reproduces many of the finished works related to the exhibited drawings' - The Wall Street Journal

'An absolutely smashing book . . . The production values and organization of this volume could not be better, and it contains illuminating essays by 16 writers who take on different aspects of that unique period in art' - The New York Book Review

'From his preparatory sketches to his fully finished paintings, close study shows the amazing talent of the often-overshadowed Andrea del Sarto' - The Wall Street Journal

'Sublime, exhilarating del Sarto' - New York Books

'This engrossing exhibition of Andrea del Sarto’s drawings and its handsome catalogue are the most recent contributions in a critical rehabilitation that has been underway for the past half century' - Apollo Magazine

'An opportunity to reappraise the drawing genius of Andrea del Sarto' - The Economist