Essays on Italian sculpture / by John Pope-Hennessy
1968, First Edition. London: Phaidon. Fine gilt-blocked cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #379746
ISBN: 0714813273
Physical description: ix, 243 pages illustrations 26 cm. Notes: Distributors in the U.S.A.: Frederick A. Praeger, New York. Plates.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 212-230). Contents:
New works by Giovanni Pisano -- I. -- New works by Giovanni Pisano -- II. -- The Arca of St. Dominic: a hypothesis. -- Notes on a Florentine tomb-front. -- The fifth centenary of Donatello. -- Donatello's relief of the Ascension. -- Some Donatello problems. -- The Martelli David. -- The Virgin with the laughing child. -- A relief by Agostino di Duccio. -- Two Paduan bronzes. -- Two chimney-pieces from Padua. -- A relief by Sansovino. -- Michelangelo in his letters. -- Michelangelo's Cupid: the end of a chapter. -- The Palestrina Pieta. -- Two models for the tomb of Michelangelo. -- A small bronze by Tribolo. -- A sketch-model by Benvenuto Cellini. -- Giovanni Bologna's Samson and a Philistine. -- Antonio Calcagni's bust of Annibale Caro. -- Portrait sculptures by Ridolfo Sirigatti. -- Some bronze statuettes by Francesco Fanelli. -- An exhibition of Italian bronze statuettes. -- Portrait of an art historian. Subjects: Plastik
Geschichte 1400-1600. Bronzes, Italian. Bronzes Italy. Bronze sculpture, Italian. Bronzes italiens. Sculpture en bronze italienne.
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