Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (2 July 1486 – 27 November 1570) was an Italian sculptor and architect, known best for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. Andrea Palladio, in the Preface to his Quattro Libri was of the opinion that Sansovino's Biblioteca Marciana was the best building erected since Antiquity. Giorgio Vasari uniquely printed his Vita of Sansovino separately.
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Often overlooked and seldom the focus of an exhibition, it isframes, not paintings that take centre stage in this exploration of one of the most inventive and exuberant types of picture frame.
So enduring was the reputation of architect and sculptor Jacopo Sansovino that in the late 19th century the term ‘Sansovino’ was coined to describe frames created in an elaborate, early-baroque style – more than three centuries after his death.
'Frames in Focus: Sansovino Frames' marks the first in a series of exhibitions at the National Gallery which will explore specific frame types; bringing together 30 exquisite examples of this distinctive style of frame associated with Venice and the Veneto.
With only two of the exhibits framing paintings, the exhibition demonstrates how frames – designed as removable items to enhance a painting only since the early 1500s – can be considered works of art in their own right, and can transform the way we look at paintings.
With outstanding examples of frames dating from 1550 to 1600 on loan from the V&A and private international collections, this exhibition reveals the story behindSansovino frames and invites us to look again at paintings and the frames that surround them.
Generously supported by Madeleine and Timothy Plaut
Image above: Clockwise from top left: Walnut frame, around 1560–1580. Private collection © photo: The National Gallery, London / courtesy of the owner; Pine frame, 1560–1580. Private collection © Photo courtesy of the owner; Pine frame, 1560–1580. Private collection © Photo courtesy of the owner
How does the frame change the way we look at paintings? Our new, free exhibition series 'Frames in Focus' starts with Sansovino Frames.http://bit.ly/1JPbGeE
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