An Introduction to Italian Sculpture Volume Three.
Fourth Edition.
John Pope-Hennessy's 'Introduction To Italian Sculpture' remains unsurpassed as the classic work on the subject. A triumph of clear organisation, sustained scholarship and sure aesthetic judgement, its three volumes bring order to a huge mass of material, and present a magisterial survey of one of the most creative phases in Western art. With their lucid narrative texts and detailed biographical and bibliographical notes, they have long been indispensable for scholars, students, curators, collectors and dealers.
Volume III, ranging from 1500 to the late 17th century, is dominated by two outstanding personalities: Michelangelo and Bernini. High Renaissance sculptors are distinguished from their predecessors by a preoccupation with form, and the naturalistic style of the Early Renaissance gave way to an ideal style, first manifested in the works of Michelangelo. The author traces the development of this style in Andrea and Jacopo Sansovino, Benvenuto Cellini, Giambologna, Pietro Tacca, Leone Leoni, Alessandro Vittoria and others. He also describes the artistic problems presented by the statue, relief, portrait, tomb and fountain in the 16th century, culminating in dramatic change of attitude effected by Bernini.
'Italian High Renaissance & Baroque Sculpture' has been revised, updated and redesigned with illustrations (now in duotone) integrated in a single sequence with the narrative.
