Research Catalog

Title

Michelangelo : sculptor in bronze : the Rothschild Bronzes / edited by Victoria Avery.

Publication

• London, UK : Philip Wilson Publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
• Avery, Victoria
• University of Cambridge
• Fitzwilliam Museum

Description

xxix, 321 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

Michelangelo (1475-1564) is one of the most important and influential artists in the history of art. Documented as a sculptor who worked in a variety of media, his production in bronze has, until recently, proved elusive. However, in 2015 an international team of experts proposed that a pair of stunning male nude figures astride ferocious felines, known as the Rothschild bronzes, should be ascribed to Michelangelo and dated to the early 1500s. These enigmatic and visually-striking bronze masterpieces are the focal point of this multi-authored, interdisciplinary volume, which seeks to reassess Michelangelo's work in bronze and contextualize it within the rest of his output. It contains ground-breaking contributions by leading international experts in the field of art history, anatomy, conservation science and bronze-casting. This book, the first comprehensive interdisciplinary account of Michelangelo's work as a sculptor in bronze, is the outcome of extensive original research undertaken over several years by academics at the University of Cambridge together with a team of international experts, directed by Dr. Victoria Avery, a leading authority on the history, art and technology of bronze casting in Renaissance Italy.--

Alternative Title

• Sculptor in bronze
• Rothschild Bronzes

Subject

• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 > Criticism and interpretation
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Bronze sculpture, Italian
• Bronze sculpture, Renaissance > Italy
• Human figure in art
• Bronze sculpture, Renaissance
• Italy

Genre/Form

• Art criticism.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• "University of Cambridge ; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ; PWP"--title page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-309) and index.

Contents

Foreword -- Preamble -- Introduction -- Visual evidence -- 1. Brazen defiance : Young Michelangelo, bronze and the David for France / Victoria Avery -- 2. Commission impossible : Michelangelo's bronze Julius II for Bologna / Victoria Avery -- 3. Divine pipe dreams : Mature Michelangelo and the mastery of metal / Victoria Avery -- 4. The God of design : Michelangelo and the decorative arts / Timothy Clifford -- 5. Secular popes, Pagan times : the Golden Age and Michelangelo's Rothschild Bronzes / Cyril Humphris -- 6. An anatomical ẁho dunnit? : Dissecting the Rothschild Bronzes / Julia C. Ruston & Peter H. Abrahams -- 7. The science of art : Technical considerations of the Rothschild bronzes / Arie Pappot with Robert van Langh -- 8. The sculptor at work : Recreating the Rothschild Bronzes / Andrew Lacey -- 9. What a ride! Brilliant balance and the beasts of the Rothschild Bronzes / Faya Cause -- 10. Duality in art and and anatomy : Men and animals: youth and old age in Leonardo and Michelangelo / Domenico Laurenza -- 11. Sources and influences : Michelangelo and Rustici / Paul Joannides -- 12. Tyrants and lovers : Subject and meaning : The Rothschild Bronzes / Meg Galindo & William E. Wallace -- 13. In search of a patron: the Rothschild Bronzes and the case of the missing patron / Martin Gayford -- 14. Noble minds : Adolphe and Julie de Rothschild : the first owners of the Rothschild bronzes and their collection / Dimitrios Zikos -- 15. News travels far : the reception of the Rothschild Bronzes / Morlin Ellis -- 16. The catalyst : A brief narrative in the first person / Paul Joannides.

Call Number

JQF 19-1497

ISBN

• 9781781300633
• 1781300631

OCLC

1064263816

Title

Michelangelo : sculptor in bronze : the Rothschild Bronzes / edited by Victoria Avery.

Publisher

London, UK : Philip Wilson Publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-309) and index.

Added Author

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. Works. Selections.

Avery, Victoria, editor.

University of Cambridge.

Fitzwilliam Museum.

Research Call Number

JQF 19-1497