Pietro Perugino: Master of the Italian Renaissance
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An Umbrian painter student of Piero della Francesco (with fellow student Leonardo) master of a great Florentine workshop supervisor of the Sistine Chapel wall paintings of Botticelli Ghirlandiao Signorelli and others (before Michelangelo) teacher of Raphael and inspiration of the Pre-Raphaelites Perugino - ?born Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci (1450-1523) - has had a one-man show in Grand Rapids MI after 500 years. This is also the first exhibit of his work outside Italy in 50 years. Nine Italian and American scholars have contributed brief informative essays to this book. The core however is a catalog of the 35 works of art exhibited including nine paintings shipped from the National Gallery of Umbria Perugia sister city of Grand Rapids and 26 borrowed from museums in the United States. This stunning beautifully rendered monograph provides a modern reappraisal of Peruginos entire career; one has to reach all the way back to 1933 (R. Van Marle The Development of the Italian School of Painting Vol. 14) for as complete a treatment of Perugino in English. An annotated chronology reflects the latest scholarship.
