Renaissance Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum
Author | : Ashmolean Museum |
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Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Ashmolean Museum |
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Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : History |
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Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1980 |
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Author | : Christopher Lloyd |
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Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1980 |
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Author | : Jeremy Warren |
Publisher | : Ashmolean Museum |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Published in association with the Daniel Katz Gallery, London, to mark the centenary of the death of one of the Museum's major benefactors, C D E Fortnum, whose bequest to the Ashmolean formed the nucleus of what is now one of the finest collections of Renaissance bronzes in Europe.
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Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Bronzes |
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Author | : Jeremy Warren |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : Plaques, plaquettes |
ISBN | : 9781854442314 |
Author | : Denise Allen |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 571 |
Release | : 2022-06-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1588397106 |
he 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. This catalogue is the first systematic study of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection of Italian bronzes. The collection includes statuettes of single mythological or religious figures, complex figural groups, portrait busts, reliefs, utilitarian objects like lamps and inkwells, and more. Stunning new photography of celebrated masterpieces by leading artists such as Antico, Riccio, and Giambologna; enigmatic bronzes that continue to perplex; quotidian objects; later casts; replicas; and even forgeries show the importance of each work in this complex field. International scholars provide in-depth discussions of 200 objects included in this volume, revealing new attributions and dating for many bronzes. An Appendix presents some 100 more complete with provenance and references. An essay by Jeffrey Fraiman provides further insight into Italian bronze statuettes in America with a focus on the history of The Met's collection, and Richard E. Stone, who pioneered the technical study of bronzes, contributes an indispensable text on how artists created these works and what their process conveys about the object's maker. A personal reminiscence by James David Draper, who oversaw the Italian sculpture collection for decades, rounds out this landmark catalogue that synthesizes decades of research on these beloved and complex works of art.
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Release | : 2014 |
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Author | : JEREMY. WARREN |
Publisher | : Ashmolean Museum |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-09-25 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781910807613 |
- There are very few books (particularly in English) on this subject - Covers a broad time period, essentially c.1200-1800 - Covers other European cultures as well as Italian - Focus on specific objects, discussed in engaging and accessible manner - Beautiful illustrations - Focus on a single collection This book looks at bronze through the remarkable collections of European bronze sculptures in the Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford. Largely thanks to the generosity of Charles Drury Edward Fortnum (1820-1899), the Ashmolean houses one of the world's great collections of Renaissance and Baroque small bronzes. The book provides a survey of the collection and an overview of the development of small bronze sculpture during a period of six centuries running from c.1200 to around 1800, although most of the works illustrated here were made within the shorter time frame of c.1450-1650. Any such survey is inevitably shaped by the strengths of the collection, which is conditioned by Fortnum's taste, notwithstanding later acquisitions that have broadened its scope. He especially loved earlier Italian bronzes and so-called utensils -- objects such as inkstands, candlesticks, salt-cellars, mirrors and seals -- that are functional as well as beautiful. Fortnum was less interested in sculpture from the later 1500s onwards although, as this selection shows, he acquired some very interesting bronzes from the 17th and 18th centuries that deserve to be better known.
Author | : Wilhelm von Bode |
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Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Art |
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