The Quattro cento ; and, Stones of Rimini / Adrian Stokes ; with a foreword by Stephen Bann ; and introductions by David Carrier and Stephen Kite.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Italian.

Art, Renaissance--Italy.

Art, Renaissance.

Italy.

Agostino di Duccio, 1418-1481?.

Agostino di Duccio.

Tempio malatestiano (Rimini, Italy).

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Quattro cento ; and, Stones of Rimini

Quattrocento

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2002]

Contents:

The Quattro Cento: A Different Conception of the Italian Renaissance / Adrian Stokes

Part I The Italian Scene

I. Jesi 3

II. Venice 9

III. South Opposed to East and North 19

IV. Plastic and Music 27

V. Roman Architecture and the Quattro Cento 31

VI. Genoa 39

VII. Representational and Non-representational Art 44

VIII. Oriental and Northern Art in Italy 50

IX. Verrochio's Lavabo 58

Part II Florence and Verona

I. Florence and Verona 71

II. Florentine Reserve 75

I. The Atmosphere 75

II. Early Florentine Architecture 78

III. The Statuesque 80

IV. 15th-Century Gothic in the Rest of Italy 82

V. Ghiberti and Elegance 85

VI. Ghiberti and 'Finish' 89

VII. Bronze Statuettes and Clays 98

III. The Monumental, or Seeds of the Baroque 102

I. Etruscan Brutality 102

II. Brunelleschi 106

III. Reckless Tameness 111

IV. The Quattro Cento in Florentine Art 127

I. Donatello 127

II. Michelozzo 138

III. Desiderio da Settignano 139

IV. Pollaiuolo and Verrocchio 143

Part III Outline of the Quattro Cento

An Appendix to Florence and Verona

I. Quattro Cento Architecture in General 167

II. Francesco di Giorgio 173

III. Quattro Cento Architecture in Rome 184

IV. The Tempio Malatestiano 199

V. Alfonso's Arch and Static Sculpture 184

VI. The Palace at Urbino 200

VII. Lombard Architecture and Sculpture 206

VIII. A Quattro Cento Use of Terra-Cotta 212

IX. Quattro Cento Works by Florentine Artists 216

X. Other Aspects of Lombard Sculpture 221

XI. Quattro Cento Gothic in Palermo 223

XII. Some Carving at Siena 224

XIII. At Brescia 225

XIV. At Verona 226

Introduction to Stones of Rimini / Stephen Kite

Stones of Rimini / Adrian Stokes

Part I Stone and Water

I. Stone and Water 15

II. The Pleasures of Limestone: A Geological Medley 27

III. The Mediterranean 59

Part II Stone and Clay

IV. Carving, Modelling and Agostino 105

Part III Stone, Water and Stars

V. The Tempio: First Visit 169

VI. Chapel of the Planets 201

VII. The Final Picture 247.

Notes:

This new edition presents the original texts of 1932 and 1934.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972. Stones of Rimini.

Stones of Rimini.

ISBN:

0271022175

OCLC:

49558837