Pisanello

The first major publication in English to focus on Pisanello's work as a painter and medallist - Essential reading for specialists, students and general readers interested in early Renaissance art and the chivalric values and humanist culture of fifteenth-century Italian court life - Lavishly illustrated with paintings, drawings, medals, tapestries and manuscripts from international collections - Published to accompany a major exhibition at the National Gallery, London (24 October - 13 January 2002), the highlight of 'Renaissance Autumn' season at the Gallery Pisanello (c.1394-1455) was the most famous artist of his time, an outstanding figure of the early Italian Renaissance, celebrated as both painter and medallist. He was regularly employed by two of Italy's ruling houses, the Gonzaga in Mantua and the d'Este in Ferrara, and worked all over the peninsula to celebrate the virtues of popes, princes and kings. His work is both exquisitely beautiful and rare - only four undisputed panel paintings by him still survive - and little has been published about him in English. This book provides a unique insight into the life and work of this extraordinary artist. Pisanello's art is except