Bertoldo di Giovanni : the renaissance of sculpture in Medici Florence
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Bertoldo di Giovanni : the renaissance of sculpture in Medici Florence
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Aimee Ng, Alexander J. Noelle, Xavier F. Salomon ; with contributions by Peter Jonathan Bell, Lorenz Böninger, Francesco Caglioti, Stefano Casciu, Ilaria Ciseri, Maria Grazia Cordua, Julia Day, James David Draper, Caroline Elam, Scott Nethersole, Neville Rowley and Peter Stiberc.
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New York : The Frick Collection, in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2019.
Physical Description:
496 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
ISBN:
9781911282433
General Note:
Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence on view at The Frick Collection from September 18, 2019, to January 12, 2020.
Abstract:
Renaissance sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440-1491) was a student of Donatello, a teacher of Michelangelo, and a favourite of Lorenzo de' Medici "il Magnifico," his principal patron. Bertoldo was one of the first sculptors to create statuettes in bronze. With an overview of the artist's entire oeuvre--including The Frick Collection's Shield Bearer, the only Bertoldo sculpture outside of Europe--this major scholarly catalogue is the most substantial text on Bertoldo ever produced. Featured are contributions from renowned international scholars who bring into focus the sculptor's unique position at the heart of the artistic and political landscape in fifteenth-century Italy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 456-485) and index.
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Contents:
Director's foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Conversation with James David Draper -- Reframing Bertoldo and his legacy / Alexander J. Noelle -- The bronze statuette in fifteenth-century Florence and Bertoldo di Giovanni / Peter Jonathan Bell -- Bertoldo's place between Donatello and Michelangelo / Francesco Caglioti -- "Custode" and "capo": Bertoldo di Giovanni in Lorenzo de Medici's sculpture garden / Caroline Elam -- Wilhelm von Bode and the rediscovery of Bertoldo di Giovanni / Neville Rowley -- The indefinite identities of Bertoldo di Giovanni's Shield Bearers / Alexander J. Noelle -- Battling for meaning: Bertoldo's bronze relief in the Bargello / Scott Nethersole -- Bertoldo di Giovanni, "excellent maker of medals": some observations / Xavier F. Salomon -- Bertoldo beyond bronze: his works in other media and questions of authorship / Aimee Ng -- Bertoldo, a carver in bronze / Julia Day -- St. Jerome in the Pinacoteca comunale in Faenza: a carved and modeled sculpture / Peter Stiberc -- The glazed terracotta frieze of the Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano: technique, execution, conservation, and restoration / Stefano Casciu and Maria Grazia Cordua -- Housing problems of a Renaissance artist / Lorenz Böninger -- In the rooms of the princes and the Grand-Ducal Gallery: the bronzes of Bertoldo before the Bargello / Ilaria Ciseri -- Catalogue -- Appendix: The life and artwork of Bertoldo di Giovanni in archival documents / Lorenz Böninger and Alexander J. Noelle -- Bibliography -- About the authors -- Index -- Image credits.
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1400-1499