Michelangelo : sculptor in bronze : the Rothschild Bronzes / edited by Victoria Avery.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Avery, Victoria, editor.

University of Cambridge.

Fitzwilliam Museum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564--Criticism and interpretation.

Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.

Human figure in art.

Bronze sculpture, Italian.

Bronze sculpture, Renaissance--Italy.

Bronze sculpture, Renaissance.

Criticism and interpretation.

Italy.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxix, 321 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Sculptor in bronze

Rothschild Bronzes

Place of Publication:

London : Philip Wilson Publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Summary:

Michelangelo (1475-1564) is one of the most important and influential artists in the history of art. Documented as a sculptor who worked in a variety of media, his production in bronze has, until recently, proved elusive. However, in 2015 an international team of experts proposed that a pair of stunning male nude figures astride ferocious felines, known as the Rothschild bronzes, should be ascribed to Michelangelo and dated to the early 1500s. These enigmatic and visually-striking bronze masterpieces are the focal point of this multi-authored, interdisciplinary volume, which seeks to reassess Michelangelo's work in bronze and contextualize it within the rest of his output. It contains ground-breaking contributions by leading international experts in the field of art history, anatomy, conservation science and bronze-casting. This book, the first comprehensive interdisciplinary account of Michelangelo's work as a sculptor in bronze, is the outcome of extensive original research undertaken over several years by academics at the University of Cambridge together with a team of international experts, directed by Dr. Victoria Avery, a leading authority on the history, art and technology of bronze casting in Renaissance Italy.-- Publisher description.

Contents:

Foreword

Preamble

Introduction

Visual evidence

1. Brazen defiance : Young Michelangelo, bronze and the David for France / Victoria Avery

2. Commission impossible : Michelangelo's bronze Julius II for Bologna / Victoria Avery

3. Divine pipe dreams : Mature Michelangelo and the mastery of metal / Victoria Avery

4. The God of design : Michelangelo and the decorative arts / Timothy Clifford

5. Secular popes, Pagan times : the Golden Age and Michelangelo's Rothschild Bronzes / Cyril Humphris

6. An anatomical `who dunnit? : Dissecting the Rothschild Bronzes / Julia C. Ruston & Peter H. Abrahams

7. The science of art : Technical considerations of the Rothschild bronzes / Arie Pappot with Robert van Langh

8. The sculptor at work : Recreating the Rothschild Bronzes / Andrew Lacey

9. What a ride! Brilliant balance and the beasts of the Rothschild Bronzes / Faya Cause

10. Duality in art and and anatomy : Men and animals: youth and old age in Leonardo and Michelangelo / Domenico Laurenza

11. Sources and influences : Michelangelo and Rustici / Paul Joannides

12. Tyrants and lovers : Subject and meaning : The Rothschild Bronzes / Meg Galindo & William E. Wallace

13. In search of a patron: the Rothschild Bronzes and the case of the missing patron / Martin Gayford

14. Noble minds : Adolphe and Julie de Rothschild : the first owners of the Rothschild bronzes and their collection / Dimitrios Zikos

15. News travels far : the reception of the Rothschild Bronzes / Morlin Ellis

16. The catalyst : A brief narrative in the first person / Paul Joannides.

Notes:

"University of Cambridge ; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ; PWP"--title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-309) and index.

Contains:

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. Works. Selections

ISBN:

9781781300633

1781300631

OCLC:

1064263816