Ambitious form : Giambologna, Ammanati, and Danti in Florence / Michael Cole.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Cole, Michael Wayne, 1969- author.

Contributor:

• Princeton University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Giambologna, 1529-1608--Criticism and interpretation.
• Giambologna, 1529-1608.
• Ammannati, Bartolomeo, 1511-1592--Criticism and interpretation.
• Danti, Vincenzo, 1530-1576--Criticism and interpretation.
• Ammannati, Bartolomeo, 1511-1592.
• Danti, Vincenzo, 1530-1576.
• Art and architecture--Italy--Florence--History--16th century.
• Art--Political aspects--Italy--Florence--History--16th century.
• Sculpture, Italian--Italy--Florence--History--16th century.
• Art and architecture.
• Art--Political aspects.
• Sculpture, Italian.
• Italy--Florence.

Genre:

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages) : 170 illustrations (some color)

Other Title:

Giambologna, Ammanati, and Danti in Florence

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2011]

Summary:

"Ambitious Form describes the transformation of Italian sculpture during the neglected half century between the death of Michelangelo and the rise of Bernini. The book follows the Florentine careers of three major sculptors, Giambologna, Bartolomeo Ammanati, and Vincenzo Danti, as they negotiated the politics of the Medici court and eyed one another's work, setting new aims for their art in process.... Michael Cole shows how the concerns of central Italian artists changed during the last decades of the Cinquecento. Whereas their predecessors had focused on specific objects and on the particularities of materials, late sixteenth-century sculptors turned their attention to models and design. The iconic figure gave way to the pose, individualized characters to abstractions. Above all, the multiplicity of master crafts that had once divided sculptors into those who fashioned gold or bronze or stone yielded to a more unifying aspiration, as nearly every ambitious sculptor, whatever his training, strove to become an architect."--Jacket.

Contents:

• Models
• Professions
• Naturalism
• Pose
• Sculpture as architecture
• Chapels
• Sculpture in the city.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on July 1, 2019).

ISBN:

• 9781400836420
• 1400836425
• 9780300249712
• 0300249713

OCLC:

1106559033