Screen LibraryPractice and theory in the Italian Renaissance workshop : Verrocchio and the epistemology of making art /
"Verrocchio was arguably the most important sculptor between Donatello and Michelangelo, but he has seldom been treated as such in art historical literature because his achievements were quickly superseded by the artists who followed him. He was the master of Leonardo da Vinci, but he is rememb...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Verrocchio was arguably the most important sculptor between Donatello and Michelangelo, but he has seldom been treated as such in art historical literature because his achievements were quickly superseded by the artists who followed him. He was the master of Leonardo da Vinci, but he is remembered as the sulky teacher that his star pupil did not need. In this book, Christina Neilson argues that Verrocchio was one of the most experimental artists in fifteenth-century Florence, itself one of the most innovative centers of artistic production in Europe. Considering the different media in which |
| Carrier Form: | x, 355 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-244) and index. |
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9781107172852 1107172853 |
| Index Number: | NB623 |
| CLC: | J305.546 |
| Call Number: | J305.546/N414 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- 1. Verrocchio's ingenuity -- 2. Verrocchio's Medici Tomb: art as treatise -- 3. Bridging dimensions: Verrocchio's Christ and Saint Thomas as absent presence -- 4. The sculptured imagination -- 5. Material meditations in Verrocchio's Bargello Crucifix -- Conclusion -- A note on archival sources. |