Bertoldo di Giovanni : the renaissance of sculpture in Medici Florence / Aimee Ng, Alexander J. Noelle, Xavier F. Salomon ; with contributions by Peter Jonathan Bell, Lorenz Böninger, Francesco Caglioti, Stefano Casciu, Ilaria Ciseri, Maria Grazia Cordua, Julia Day, James David Draper, Caroline Elam, Scott Nethersole, Neville Rowley and Peter Stiberc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ng, Aimee, author.

Noelle, Alexander J., author.

Salomon, Xavier F., 1979- author.

Contributor:

Frick Collection, issuing body, host institution.

Bell, Peter Jonathan, writer of supplementary textual content.

Böninger, Lorenz, writer of supplementary textual content.

Caglioti, Francesco, writer of supplementary textual content.

Casciu, Stefano, writer of supplementary textual content.

Ciseri, Ilaria, writer of supplementary textual content.

Cordua, Maria Grazia, writer of supplementary textual content.

Day, Julia, writer of supplementary textual content.

Draper, James David, writer of supplementary textual content.

Elam, Caroline, 1945- writer of supplementary textual content.

Nethersole, Scott, writer of supplementary textual content.

Rowley, Neville, writer of supplementary textual content.

Stiberc, Peter, writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492.

Bertoldo, di Giovanni, approximately 1420-1491.

Sculpture, Italian--Italy--Florence--15th century--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, Italian.

Sculpture, Renaissance--Italy--Florence--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, Renaissance.

Art patronage.

Bertoldo, di Giovanni, approximately 1420-1491--Exhibitions.

Bertoldo.

Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492--Art patronage--Exhibitions.

Medici, Lorenzo de'.

Italy--Florence.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

496 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Frick Collection, in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2019.

Summary:

Renaissance sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440-1491) was a student of Donatello, a teacher of Michelangelo, and a favourite of Lorenzo de' Medici "il Magnifico," his principal patron. Bertoldo was one of the first sculptors to create statuettes in bronze. With an overview of the artist's entire oeuvre--including The Frick Collection's Shield Bearer, the only Bertoldo sculpture outside of Europe--this major scholarly catalogue is the most substantial text on Bertoldo ever produced. Featured are contributions from renowned international scholars who bring into focus the sculptor's unique position at the heart of the artistic and political landscape in fifteenth-century Italy.

Contents:

Director's foreword

Preface and acknowledgments

Conversation with James David Draper

Reframing Bertoldo and his legacy / Alexander J. Noelle

The bronze statuette in fifteenth-century Florence and Bertoldo di Giovanni / Peter Jonathan Bell

Bertoldo's place between Donatello and Michelangelo / Francesco Caglioti

"Custode" and "capo": Bertoldo di Giovanni in Lorenzo de Medici's sculpture garden / Caroline Elam

Wilhelm von Bode and the rediscovery of Bertoldo di Giovanni / Neville Rowley

The indefinite identities of Bertoldo di Giovanni's Shield Bearers / Alexander J. Noelle

Battling for meaning: Bertoldo's bronze relief in the Bargello / Scott Nethersole

Bertoldo di Giovanni, "excellent maker of medals": some observations / Xavier F. Salomon

Bertoldo beyond bronze: his works in other media and questions of authorship / Aimee Ng

Bertoldo, a carver in bronze / Julia Day

St. Jerome in the Pinacoteca comunale in Faenza: a carved and modeled sculpture / Peter Stiberc

The glazed terracotta frieze of the Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano: technique, execution, conservation, and restoration / Stefano Casciu and Maria Grazia Cordua

Housing problems of a Renaissance artist / Lorenz Böninger

In the rooms of the princes and the Grand-Ducal Gallery: the bronzes of Bertoldo before the Bargello / Ilaria Ciseri

Catalogue

Appendix: The life and artwork of Bertoldo di Giovanni in archival documents / Lorenz Böninger and Alexander J. Noelle

Bibliography

About the authors

Index

Image credits.

Notes:

Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence on view at The Frick Collection from September 18, 2019, to January 12, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 456-485) and index.

Contains:

Bertoldo, di Giovanni, approximately 1420-1491. Sculptures. Selections

ISBN:

9781911282433

1911282433

OCLC:

1089839193