Autumn 2009 Catalogue 4 pdfing:1 - Yale University Press

The Drawings of BronzinoCarmen C. Bambach, Janet Cox-Rearick, and George R. GoldnerWith contributions by Philippe Costamagna, Marzia Faietti and Elizabeth PilliodDrawings by the great Italian Mannerist painter and poet Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572) areextremely rare. This important and beautiful publication brings together for the first timenearly all of the sixty drawings attributed to this leading draftsman of the 16th century.Each drawing is illustrated in colour, discussed in detail and shown with many comparativephotographs. Bronzino’s technical virtuosity as a draftsman and his mastery of anatomy andperspective are vividly apparent in each stroke of the chalk, pen or brush. The youngergenerations of Florentine artists particularly admired Bronzino for his technical virtuosity as apainter, and Giorgio Vasari praised him for his powers as a disegnatore (designer anddraftsman).Carmen C. Bambach is Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Janet Cox-Rearick isDistinguished Professor Emerita, The Graduate Center, CUNY. George R. Goldner is Drue Heinz Chairman of theDepartment of Drawings and Prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Philippe Costamagna is Curator of the Musée Fesch,Ajaccio, Corsica. Marzia Faietti is Director of the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence. Elizabeth Pilliod isProfessor, The State University of New Jersey-Camden.Exhibition The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20/1/10 – 18/4/10January 256 pp. 279x228mm. 85 b/w + 100 colour illus. ISBN 978-0-300-15512-9 £45.00*Art 49Watteau, Music, and TheaterEdited by Katharine BaetjerWith contributions by Pierre Rosenberg, Katharine Baetjer,Perrin Stein, Jeffrey Munger, Jayson Dobney and Georgia J. CowartAccompanying an exhibition in honour of Philippe de Montebello, Director Emeritusof The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this engaging book examines the influence ofmusic and theatre on the art of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721). Fifteen majorpaintings and a number of drawings by Watteau that illustrate the connectionsbetween painting and the performing arts in Paris are explored. In addition, drawingsand prints by other 18th-century artists featuring musical or theatrical subjects andobjects and musical instruments are included.Exhibition The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 22/9/09 – 29/11/09Katharine Baetjer is a Curator in the Metropolitan Museum’s Department of European Paintings. Pierre Rosenberg isHonorary President-Director of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Perrin Stein is a Curator in the Department of Drawings andPrints, Jeffrey Munger is Curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts and Jayson Dobney is anAssociate Curator in the Department of Musical Instruments. Georgia J. Cowart is Professor of Music at Case WesternReserve University.October 176 pp. 254x228mm. 10 b/w + 75 colour illus. ISBN 978-0-300-15507-5 £35.00*British Paintingsin The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575–1875Katharine BaetjerThis is the first comprehensive publication on English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish paintingsand pastels by artists born before 1841 in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Ranging in date from the late 16th through the third quarter of the 19th century, the 140works included are by such major artists as Peake, Lely, Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough,Lawrence, Turner, Constable and Burne-Jones. While the collection is particularly rich inportraiture, it also contains genre paintings and landscapes. Each painting is reproduced incolour and carries full cataloguing data as well as a generous selection of comparativeillustrations, among them pendants, related paintings and prints.Katharine Baetjer is a Curator in the Department of European Paintings at The MetropolitanMuseum of Art.January 512 pp. 279x228mm. 215 b/w + 140 colour illus. ISBN 978-0-300-15509-9 £55.00*The Metropolitan Museum of Art • New YorkTranslation rights for all Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York titles: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York