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"This splendid, noble art": Re-Viewing Fifteenth-Century Painting in Italy

"This splendid, noble art": Re-Viewing Fifteenth-Century Painting in Italy Diane Cole Ahl The 2011 Louis Martz Lecture l South-Central Renaissance Conference St. Louis, March 4, 2011 In this splendid, noble art So many have been famous in our century, They make any other age seem poor In the art of painting. (trans. Baxandall111) These lines and the title of this article are taken from a poem praising art in Italy during the fifteenth century (Santi). The author is Giovanni Santi, famous as the father of Raphael. A man of many gifts, Santi was a courtier and playwright who created festive masques and triumphal processions for the fabled Duke ofUrbino, Federigo da Montefeltro. Most importantly, Giovanni Santi was a painter whose portraits and religious works were coveted by rulers and nobility throughout northern Italy (Varese; Dubos; Fig. 1).2 Fig. 1. Giovanni Santi. Christ Supported by Two Angels. c. 1490. Oil on canvas. Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. EIRe 37.2 (Winter 2011): 3-15 4 Although greatly esteemed in the fifteenth century, Santi and his works are little known today. As with many Italian masters, he has been excluded from the canon of Renaissance art, a narrative constructed nearly 450 years ago. The protagonists of this narrative http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Explorations in Renaissance Culture Brill

"This splendid, noble art": Re-Viewing Fifteenth-Century Painting in Italy

Ahl, Diane Cole
Explorations in Renaissance Culture , Volume 37 (2): 3 – Dec 2, 2011
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Diane Cole Ahl The 2011 Louis Martz Lecture l South-Central Renaissance Conference St. Louis, March 4, 2011 In this splendid, noble art So many have been famous in our century, They make any other age seem poor In the art of painting. (trans. Baxandall111) These lines and the title of this article are taken from a poem praising art in Italy during the fifteenth century (Santi). The author is Giovanni Santi, famous as the father of Raphael. A man of many gifts, Santi was a courtier and playwright who created festive masques and triumphal processions for the fabled Duke ofUrbino, Federigo da Montefeltro. Most importantly, Giovanni Santi was a painter whose portraits and religious works were coveted by rulers and nobility throughout northern Italy (Varese; Dubos; Fig. 1).2 Fig. 1. Giovanni Santi. Christ Supported by Two Angels. c. 1490. Oil on canvas. Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. EIRe 37.2 (Winter 2011): 3-15 4 Although greatly esteemed in the fifteenth century, Santi and his works are little known today. As with many Italian masters, he has been excluded from the canon of Renaissance art, a narrative constructed nearly 450 years ago. The protagonists of this narrative

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