Die Skulptur Des Mittelalters in Italien

Bol

Much of this large volume comprises beautiful colour and black and white photographs of some of the finest Italian sculptures created between the middle of the 13th century and the end of the 14th century. The photographs are followed by lengthy descriptions of each work as well as biographies of the 35 sculptors represented, including Nicola Pisano, Orcagna, Nanno di Bartolo and Bartolomeo Buon. The introduction discusses the nature of Gothic sculpture in Italy, the influence of antiquity, and the lives of artists and their patrons.

Bol Partner

The first fifty pages of this large volume are taken up with an introduction to the development of Romanesque-style sculpture in Italy, and its uses, themes and stylistic features. Thereafter, the book is devoted to innumerable photographs of examples of the sculpture, demonstrating the imaginative qualities, subject-matter and architectural context of a style of art which is too often overlooked in the cultural glare of the Renaissance. With a detailed catalogue of featured pieces and locations. German text.