{"product_id":"the-art-of-parmigianino-9780300103571","title":"The Art of Parmigianino","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe beauty and range of the work of the sixteenth-century artist Parmigianino as painter  draughtsman  and printmaker make him one of the most remarkable figures of the Italian Renaissance. He was an artist who seemed to discover his style without any effort  and his art was universally recognized as being graceful  or full of grace. In his day  \"grace\" was understood to be a spiritual endowment  conferring qualities that could not be taught. It was one of the preconditions of natural genius  so highly valued among Renaissance artists. But nothing as effortlessly elegant as Parmigianinos drawings and paintings could have been achieved without effort. It is through a close study of the drawings  in particular  that one is able to discern the sources of Parmigianinos style and the creative struggles he endured. This illustrated study offers a comprehensive reassessment of his work as a draughtsman. More than eighty works on paper  selected from collections around the world  are discussed in detail. Among Renaissance artists  Parmigianino was perhaps more conscious than any of the potential of the graphic arts to convey  and indeed broadcast  complex ideas. He explored this potential himself  not only by means of his numerous drawings but also through the etchings he produced on his own (effectively introducing this print medium into Italian art) and through the engravings and chiaroscuro woodcuts that were made after his designs. In these media  his influence travelled farther and wider than it could have through his paintings alone. This book coinciding with the quincentenary of the artists birth in Parma in 1503  accompanies an exhibition presented at the National Gallery of Canada  Ottawa  from October 3  2003 to January 4  2004  and at The Frick Collection  New York  from January 27 to April 18  2004.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647885434933,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300103573","price":109.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300103571.jpg?v=1781698756","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-parmigianino-9780300103571","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}