Collecting sculpture in early modern Europe / edited by Nicholas Penny and Eike D. Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Penny, Nicholas, 1949-

Schmidt, Eike D.

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Series:

Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; 70.

Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). Symposium papers ; 47.

Studies in the history of art, 0091-7338 ; 70. Symposium papers ; 47 / Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture, European--Congresses.

Sculpture, European.

Sculpture--Collectors and collecting--Europe--Congresses.

Sculpture.

Sculpture--Collectors and collecting.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

512 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2008]

Summary:

Among the precursors of today's public museums, perhaps the most important are collections of sculpture formed in the early modern era by royal families, aristocratic amateurs, and artists. In this, the first book to survey the practice of collecting sculpture from late medieval times to the 19th century, twenty renowned scholars explore the collections of eminent artists and great princes throughout Europe. The case studies examine acquisition methods and the value that collectors placed on sculpture--coins, reliefs, busts, and statues--for opulent interior decoration and outdoor display or for use as studio models. -- A wide range of topics is explored, including the appeal of antiquities, the Medici ivory collection, and the business of supplying garden statues in Northern Europe, as well as ways of displaying sculpture and the meanings it had when placed on the façade of a villa or in a palace garden. Together the essays allow a comparative reading of European sculpture collections and the motives underlying their formation. --

Notes:

Based on an international conference held on the occasion of the opening of the new sculpture galleries in the NGA, Washington, DC in 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300121605

0300121601

OCLC:

162126875