The Art of Parmigianino
by David Franklin
from Yale University Press
The sheer beauty of the work of sixteenth-century artist Parmigianino (1503-40) makes it easy to imagine that he discovered his style without any effort. But nothing so elegant as his drawings and paintings could have been achieved effortlessly. A close study of the artist's work, particularly his drawings, reveals the sources of his style and the creative struggles he endured. This lavishly illustrated book offers a comprehensive reassessment of Parmigianino's work as a draftsman, discussing in detail more than eighty of the artist's works on paper selected from collections around the world. Among Renaissance artists, Parmigianino was perhaps more conscious than any of the potential of the graphic arts to convey, and indeed broadcast, complex ideas. He explored this potential by means of his numerous drawings and through the etchings he produced on his own as well as through the engravings and chiaroscuro that were made after his designs. In these media, the artist's influence traveled farther and wider than it could have through his paintings alone.
Parmigianino
by David Ekserdjian
from Yale University Press
David Ekserdjian, a leading authority on Parmigianino, draws on more than twenty years of research on the artist to consider his entire oeuvre—paintings, drawings,and prints. The book contains several unpublished drawings and a new painting, and it brings together for the first time the new paintings and drawings that have been discovered and published in recent years, some by Ekserdjian himself. The author discusses these works in the context of the artist’s career and development, demonstrating the extraordinary extent of Parmigianino’s creative powers.
Parmigianino: The Paintings
by Mary Vaccaro
from Umberto Allemandi
A year after the book Parmigianino. I' disegni , which investigated every aspect of Parmigianino's drawings, Mary Vaccaro now analyses his paintings and the iconographical themes of the great artist's altar paintings. Illustrated with magnificent colour plates and black and white photographs, this extremely well documented monograph is a fundamental, and the most up-to-date, contribution to studies on Parmigianino the painter.
Italian drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Artists working in Parma in the sixteenth century, Correggio, Anselmi, ... Gambara, Orsi, Parmigianino, Bedoli, Bertoja
Lopera completa del Parmigianino (Classici dellarte)
Parmigianino: Paintings, drawings, prints : Courtauld Institute Galleries ... 14 May to 12 July 1987
Parmigianino: Catalogo completo dei dipinti (I Gigli dell'arte)
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