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003    OCoLC 
005    20150205091214.0 
008    970505s1997    ctua     b    001 0 eng   
010       97015719 
015    GB9820240|2bnb 
016 7  bimoBNE19982692425|2SpMaBN 
019    60141026|a150842166 
020    0300070357|q(cloth) 
020    9780300070354|q(cloth) 
035    (OCoLC)36900760|z(OCoLC)60141026|z(OCoLC)150842166 
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       |dBNM|dUKV3G|dILU|dBDX|dEUM|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dSTJ 
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050 00 ND623.R6|bS66 1997 
082 00 759.5|221 
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092    759.5|bR413S 
100 1  Spear, Richard E.,|d1940- 
245 15 The "Divine" Guido :|breligion, sex, money, and art in the
       world of Guido Reni /|cRichard E. Spear. 
264  1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[1997] 
264  4 |c©1997 
300    430 pages :|billustrations (some color) ;|c27 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-416) and 
       indexes. 
505 0  I: Authors -- Character -- Gambling -- Witches -- Sex -- 
       Martyrs -- II: Guido's grace -- God's grace -- Mary Virgin
       -- Mary Magdalene -- Christ -- III: Marketing -- Studio --
       Di sua mano -- Ultima maniera. 
520    In this highly original study of Italian baroque master 
       Guido Reni (1575-1642), Richard Spear paints a compelling 
       portrait of the artist - his complexities, his formative 
       experiences, his cultural surroundings, and his unique 
       sensibilities. Spear views Reni's career from a wide 
       variety of perspectives and sets his life and works in 
       social, economic, historical, artistic, religious, and 
       psychological contexts. The author focuses first on Reni's
       peculiar character: a man at once deeply religious, 
       rabidly misogynist, reportedly virginal, neurotically 
       fearful of witches, and addicted to gambling. 
520 8  The author considers the enduring charisma of Reni's 
       Crucifixions, weeping Marys, and repentant saints in the 
       light of the Catholic doctrinal meaning of grace in Reni's
       time, the Church's attitude toward Mary and women, and the
       gendered implications of visual grace. Chapters on Reni's 
       pricing policies, selling strategies, use of assistants, 
       and attitude toward what constituted an "original," expose
       the motivating importance of money for Reni, and the 
       concerns, even among seventeenth-century collectors, about
       how to distinguish original paintings from studio replicas
       or copies. 
520 8  The book investigates the ways renaissance and baroque 
       attitudes toward art-making affected Reni and closes with 
       a fresh view of Reni's unfinished canvases and last style,
       including the Divine Love, the beautiful and unusual 
       painting that remained in Reni's studio at the time of his
       death. 
600 10 Reni, Guido,|d1575-1642|xCriticism and interpretation. 
600 17 Reni, Guido,|d1575-1642.|2embne 
600 17 Reni, Guido,|d1575-1642|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00050626 
655  7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411635 
700 1  Reni, Guido,|d1575-1642. 
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