Author: LUCHS, ALISON
Title: Tullio Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance sculpture / Alison Luchs; contributions by Adriana Augusti ... [et al.]
Description: Washington New Haven; London: National Gallery of Art; Yale University Press 2009. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; xi. 148 p.: ill. (chiefly col.); 32 cm. Notes; Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art. Washington. D.C. July 4-Oct. 31. 2009. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Director's foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Essays -- A sculpture of longing: Tullio Lombardo. nostalgia for antiquity. and modern Venetian sculpture / Alison Luchs -- Tullio Lombardo: sculptor and architecto / Matteo Ceriana -- The sculptor in his cultural milieu / Adriana Augusti -- Catalogue -- Venetian expressive busts: portraiture. narrative. or fantasy? / Sarah Blake McHam and Alison Luchs -- Sacred sculpture and Tullio's expression / Alison Luchs -- Antiquity in the study: the contribution of Antonio Lombardo / Alison Luchs -- Bibliography -- Index. Summary; The great Venetian sculptors of the High Renaissance. led by Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455--1532). explored a poetic and nostalgic approach to classical antiquity in their work. Their expression shares much with Mantegna. Bellini. Giorgione. and Titian in these painters' imaginative evocations of ancient history. mythology. philosophy. and poetry. Featuring a range of Tullio's work. including his sensuous and dramatic double-portrait reliefs. this book introduces the romantic qualities and beautiful craftsmanship of the sculptor and his closest followers. including his brother Antonio Lombardo. Simone Bianco. Antonio Minello. and Giammaria Mosca. Essays examine Tullio's innovations and the Venetian cultural setting where he developed them in dialogue with the northern Italian masters of Renaissance painting. Twelve works. carefully selected from this milieu. exemplify the creative approach and influence of Tullio and the Lombardo workshop. Subjects; Lombardo. Tullio - Exhibitions. Sculpture. Renaissance - Italy - Venice - Exhibitions. Sculpture; Renaissance art. Italy. ART / Sculpture & Installation. ART / Individual Artists / General. ART / History / Renaissance. ART / European. ART / Collections. Catalogs. Exhibitions / General.Weight in Kg appr.:

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