Italian Gothic Sculpture
Italian Gothic Sculpture
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Moskowitz examines the sculpture produced in a variety of genres and media throughout the Italic peninsula, from the late medieval period until the beginning of the early modern era. Arguing that Italian Gothic sculpture is neither a provincial offshoot of northern Gothic art, nor a mere preparation for the Early Renaissance, she demonstrates that this body of art works is distinguished by a unique visual language and syntax. Tracing the developments of Italian sculpture, from Nicola Pisano's arrival in Tuscany around 1260 through the end of the fourteenth century, this volume surveys developments in Central Italy as well as those in Naples, Compania, Lombardy and the Veneto. This study incorporates the most recent scholarly findings, including archival and archaeological discoveries, and restoration and conservation efforts. The book also addresses broad questions of politics, patronage, and piety.
- Includes 395 halftones, which emphasize regional as well as mainstream sculpture
- Sees the works of art as the products of collaboration between artist and patron, as well as hands-on collaboration within the workshop
- Views the sculptures within their local environments, explaining how they functioned to serve patrons and contemporary viewers
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'An impressive work that can serve, on the one hand, as an introduction to the study of Italian Gothic sculpture for students new to the subject, as well as a handy reference book to some of the key monuments of the period for scholars more familiar with the subject.' The Art Book
Product details
January 2001Hardback
9780521444835
432 pages
289 × 223 × 33 mm
1.72kg
395 b/w illus.
Unavailable - out of print July 2003
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Geography and politics
- 2. Economic growth, socio-religious developments, and the intellectual milieu
- 3. The practice of sculpture
- 4. Italian Gothic sculpture: the background
- 5. Nicola Pisano
- 6. Arnolfo di Cambio
- 7. Giovanni Pisano
- 8. Alternative currents
- 9. Tino di Camaino in Tuscany
- 10. Sienese sculpture after Tino
- 11. Orvieto and 'Lorenzo Maitani'
- 12. Andrea Pisano
- 13. Giovanni di Balduccio in Tuscany
- 14. The second half of the Trecento
- 15. Tino di Camaino
- 16. Giovanni and Pacio Bertini da Firenze
- 17. The second half of the Trecento and beyond
- 18. Lombard sculpture before 1334
- 19. Azzone Visconti and Giovanni di Balduccio in Milan
- 20. Campionese masters of mid-century
- 21. Lombard assimilation of Tuscan style
- 22. Gian Galeazzo Visconti and the international Gothic current
- 23. Venetian sculpture, 1300–1340
- 24. Andriolo de Santi
- 25. The sculpture of the Palazzo Ducale
- 26. Jacobello and Pierpaolo dalle Masegna
- 27. Verona
- 28. Pulpits
- 29. The sculptured Cathedral Facade
- 30. Tombs
- 31. Developing a Master's Oeuvre
- 32. An apparent forgery and a noteworthy imitation
- 33. A hypothetical reconstruction.
