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The Hours of Night and Day : a rediscovered cycle of bronze reliefs by Giovanni Casini and Pietro Cipriani
- Title
- The Hours of Night and Day : a rediscovered cycle of bronze reliefs by Giovanni Casini and Pietro Cipriani / Eike D. Schmidt ; contributing essays by Rita Balleri, David Ekserdjian ; principal photography Dan Dennehy.
- Author
- Schmidt, Eike D.
- Publication
- Minneapolis, MN : Minneapolis Institute of Arts, [2014]
- ©2014
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- Description
- 208 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
- Summary
- "Made in Florence at the beginning of the eighteenth century, these bronzes epitomize pre-modern notions about time, which are visualized through an elaborate array of mythological and allegorical components."--Front dust jacket flap.
- Subject
- Casini, Giovanni, 1676-1729. > Exhibitions
- Cipriani, Pietro, approximately 1679-1745. > Criticism and interpretation
- Manifattura Ginori (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy)
- Time in art > Exhibitions
- Days in art > Exhibitions
- Night in art > Exhibitions
- Art > Themes, motives
- Art and mythology > Exhibitions
- Symbolism in art > Exhibitions
- Bronze sculpture > Italy > Florence > 18th century > Exhibitions
- Bronze figurines, Italian > Italy > Florence > 18th century > Exhibitions
- Relief (Sculpture), Baroque > Italy > Florence > Exhibitions
- Plaques, plaquettes, Baroque > Italy > Florence > Exhibitions
- Bronzes, Italian > 18th century > Exhibitions
- Metal sculpture, Baroque > Italy > Florence > Exhibitions
- Porcelain, Italian > Italy > Sesto Fiorentino > 18th century
- Porcelain, Italian > Italy > Doccia > 18th century
- Note
- This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at Minneapolis Institute of Arts, September 13, 2014 to January 4, 2015. The featured six bronze reliefs include: "Iris Awakening Hypnos (Ending Night)", "Aurora (Morning)", "Apollo at the Zenith (Noon)", "Apollo Descending (Evening)", "Endymion and Diana (Early Night)", and "Sacrifice to Diana (Midnight)".
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index.
- Contents
- Director's foreword / Kaywin Feldman -- Acknowledgments / Eike D. Schmidt -- Sparkles in the twilight of the Medici : allegories of 'The Hours of Night and Day' by Giovanni Casini and Pietro Cipriani / Eike D. Schmidt -- Pietro Cipriani's 'Venus de' Medici' and 'Dancing Faun' and the classical tradition / David Ekserdjian -- Bronze into porcelain : the enduring legacy of Giovanni Casini's reliefs in the 'Manifattura Ginori di Doccia' / Rita Balleri -- Endnotes -- References cited Index -- Photo credits -- About the authors.
- Call Number
- JQG 14-468
- ISBN
- 0989371859
- 9780989371858
- LCCN
- 2014940688
- OCLC
- 880500193
- Author
- Schmidt, Eike D., author.
- Title
- The Hours of Night and Day : a rediscovered cycle of bronze reliefs by Giovanni Casini and Pietro Cipriani / Eike D. Schmidt ; contributing essays by Rita Balleri, David Ekserdjian ; principal photography Dan Dennehy.
- Publisher
- Minneapolis, MN : Minneapolis Institute of Arts, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index.
- Added Author
- Casini, Giovanni, 1676-1729.Cipriani, Pietro, approximately 1679-1745.Balleri, Rita, writer of added text.Ekserdjian, David, writer of added text.Dennehy, Dan, photographer.Feldman, Kaywin, writer of introduction.Minneapolis Institute of Arts, host institution, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- JQG 14-468