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Fifteenth-century Italy witnessed sweeping innovations in the art of sculpture. Sculptors rediscovered new types of images from classical antiquity and invented new ones, devised novel ways to finish surfaces, and pushed the limits of their materials to new expressive extremes. The Art of Sculpture in Fifteenth-Century Italy surveys the sculptural production created by a range of artists throughout the peninsula. It offers a comprehensive overview of Italian sculpture during a century of intense creativity and development. Here, nineteen historians of Quattrocento Italian sculpture chart the many competing forces that led makers, patrons, and viewers to invest sculpture with such heightened importance in this time and place. Methodologically wide-ranging, the essays, specially commissioned for this volume, explore the vast range of techniques and media (stone, metal, wood, terracotta, and stucco) used to fashion works of sculpture. They also examine how viewers encountered those objects, discuss varying approaches to narrative, and ponder the increasing contemporary interest in the relationship between sculpture and history.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781108428842
eBay Product ID (ePID)23046656062
Product Key Features
Number of Pages454 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Art of Sculpture in Fifteenth-Century Italy
Publication Year2020
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorDaniel M. Zolli, Amy R. Bloch
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height287 mm
Item Weight1870 g
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EditorDaniel M. Zolli, Amy R. Bloch
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom