Alonso Berruguete : first sculptor of Renaissance Spain / C.D. Dickerson III and Mark McDonald, with Manuel Arias Martínez [and five others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Dickerson, C. D., III (Claude Douglas), author.

McDonald, Mark P., author.

Arias Martínez, Manuel, author.

Contributor:

National Gallery of Art (U.S.), issuing body, host institution.

Meadows Museum, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berruguete, Alonso, 1480?-1561--Criticism and interpretation.

Berruguete, Alonso.

Berruguete, Alonso, 1480?-1561--Exhibitions.

Berruguete, Alonso, 1480?-1561.

Sculptors--Spain.

Sculptors.

Sculpture, Spanish--16th century--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, Spanish.

Sculpture, Renaissance--Spain--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, Renaissance.

Criticism and interpretation.

Spain.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xiv, 229 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

First sculptor of Renaissance Spain

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; Dallas : Meadows Museum, SMU ; Madrid and New York : Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica/Center for Spain in America ; New Haven and London : Yale University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Alonso Berruguete (c. 1488-1561) revolutionized the arts of Renaissance Spain with a dramatic style of sculpture that reflected the decade or more he had spent in Italy while young. Trained as a painter, he traveled to Italy around 1506, where he interacted with Michelangelo and other leading artists. In 1518, he returned to Spain and was appointed court painter to the new king, Charles I. Eventually, he made his way to Valladolid, where he shifted his focus to sculpture, opening a large workshop that produced breathtaking multistory altarpieces (retablos) decorated with sculptures in painted wood. This handsomely illustrated catalogue is the first in English to treat Berruguete's art and career comprehensively. It follows his career from his beginnings in Castile to his final years in Toledo, where he produced his last great work, the marble tomb of Cardinal Juan de Tavera. Enriching the chronological narrative are discussions of important aspects of Berruguete's life and practice: his complicated relationship with social status and wealth; his activity as a draftsman and use of prints; how he worked with his many assistants to create his wood sculptures; and his legacy as an artist"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Exhibition dates: National Gallery of Art, Washington: October 13, 2019 - February 17, 2020, and the Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas: March 29 - July 26, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300248319

0300248318

9788415245841

841524584X

OCLC:

1090438999