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Lightbown, Ronald.
Carlo Crivelli.
Publisher: Yale University Press, London;
Date of Publication: 2004
Stock Code: 14172
First edition. Square quarto, pp., 558. Illustrated throughout with both monochrome and full colour facsimiles of the artist’s paintings. Black cloth with gilt titles in an unclipped illustrated dust-jacket. Maroon end-papers. Near fine. A hint of creasing to upper edge of dust-jacket. Enigmatic Venetian painter Carlo Crivelli (c. 1430-1495) dominated central Italy in the early Renaissance period with his individual style and mastery of line. This in-depth examination of his paintings and influences by Lightbrown, an eminent historian of the period, places the style and iconography of the artist’s works in their historical and cultural context. Heavyweight, so an additional postage contribution may be requested for shipping to overseas addresses. £125.00