Collectif, "Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes"
2022 | ISBN: 1588397106 | English | True PDF | 570 pages | 39.5 MB
2022 | ISBN: 1588397106 | English | True PDF | 570 pages | 39.5 MB
The revival of the bronze statuette popular in classical antiquity stands out as an enduring achievement of the Italian Renaissance. These small sculptures attest to early modern artists’ technical prowess, ingenuity, and desire to emulate—or even surpass—the ancients. From the studioli, or private studies, of humanist scholars in fifteenth-century Padua to the Fifth Avenue apartments of Gilded Age collectors, viewers have delighted in the mysteries of these objects: how they were made, what they depicted, who made them, and when. …
