Actors Carved and Cast : Netherlandish Sculpture of the Sixteenth Century / Ethan Matt Kavaler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kavaler, Ethan Matt, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Painting has long dominated discussions of Netherlandish art. Yet in the sixteenth century sculpture was held in considerably higher regard than painting, especially in foreign lands. This beautifully illustrated book is the first comprehensive study of sixteenth-century Netherlandish sculpture, and it opens an important window onto the works and milieu of these artists. Netherlanders dominated the sculptural world of northern Europe. They made the most prestigious tombs and altarpieces, alabaster reliefs, and boxwood collectibles for patrons throughout Iberia, France, and Central Europe. Even in Italy they were a formidable presence; the most famous sculptor in Europe in the second half of the sixteenth century was Giambologna, a Fleming who spent the greater part of his career in Florence. A great many of these artists immigrated to foreign courts—so many that the history of Netherlandish sculpture in the second half of the sixteenth century plays out largely abroad. Netherlandish carvers and casters relocated to what are today Austria, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Ukraine. Sculpture, more so than painting, was an essential tool in discourses of power.Offering an essential new perspective on a fascinating period in art history, Actors Carved and Cast will appeal to scholars of sculpture and all those interested in Northern Renaissance art.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 The Netherlandish Carved Altarpiece

2 The Coming of the Antique

3 The Central European Tombs Race

4 Outfitting the Church

5 Civic Sculpture

6 The Diaspora of Netherlandish Sculptors

Conclusion

Appendix: Biographies of Sculptors

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jul 2024)

ISBN:

9780271098067

0271098066

OCLC:

1439105605