Bibliograph

Italian Renaissance sculpture, Roberta J.M. Olson

Type

Label

Italian Renaissance sculpture, Roberta J.M. Olson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Italian Renaissance sculpture

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

25558588

Responsibility statement

Roberta J.M. Olson

Series statement

World of art

Summary

The sculptors of the Italian Renaissance transformed their Classical and regional heritage. From about 1260 to 1600, these masters introduced revolutionary innovations in freestanding figures and portraits, while on reliefs convincing perspective was rendered for the first time, predating its use in painting. The Renaissance notion of the artist as genius is vividly embodied in contemporary sculptors, from Nicola Pisano through Brunelleschi and Donatello to MichelangeloAnd Giambologna. Roberta Olson surveys the extraordinary artistic achievements of the period, which were to affect for ever after the practice of Western art

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Setting the Scene -- 1. The First Stage of the Renaissance -- 2. The Mature Renaissance: Beginning the Second Stage -- 3. The Spread of the Renaissance -- 4. Donatello: The Great Innovator -- 5. Sculpture in Mid-Fifteenth Century Florence -- 6. Embellishment: Late Quattrocento Florence -- 7. Renaissance Fever outside Florence, 1450-1500 -- 8. The High Renaissance -- 9. Michelangelo -- 10. The Sixteenth Century and the Legacy of Michelangelo

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Creator