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ageing
Ages of Humanity
Ages of Man
Albrecht Durer
Alice Neel
ancient Greece
ancient Rome
art
art history
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Benjamin Franklin
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Claude Monet
elderly
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European art
Francisco Goya
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Hans Baldung
Henri Matisse
Hieronymus Bosch
Ivan Albright
J.M.W. Turner
James McNeill Whistler
Michelangelo
old age
old age in art
old age style
paintings
Peter Paul Rubens
portrait
portraits
portraiture
Rembrandt
St Jerome
St Joseph
Titian
wisdom and folly
Product details
- ISBN 9781836390510
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Old Age in Art provides a comprehensive overview of old age in European art, and shows how aged individuals have been depicted from ancient Greece and Rome to the present century. It explores portraits, including self-portraits of artists in old age, and stories of older figures in religion, myth and history, focusing on the theme of wisdom versus folly. The book also discusses the concept of old age within the Ages of Humanity, especially during the Middle Ages and early modern periods. The final chapter examines how renowned artists like Michelangelo, Titian and Monet turned to experimental forms and new subjects in their later years, revealing a comparative ‘old age style’.
Larry Silver is the Farquhar Professor Emeritus of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania and a specialist in Dutch and Flemish paintings. He has published numerous monographs and exhibition catalogues, including Rembrandt’s Holland (Reaktion, 2018).
