Bernini: Sculpting in ClayMetropolitan Museum of Art, 2012 - 416 páginas "The brilliantly expressive clay models created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) as "sketches" for his works in marble offer extraordinary insights into his creative imagination. Although long admired, the terracotta models have never been the subject of such detailed examination. This publication presents a wealth of new discoveries (including evidence of the artist's fingerprints imprinted on the clay), resolving lingering issues of attribution while giving readers a vivid sense of how the artist and his assistants fulfilled a steady stream of monumental commissions. Essays describe Bernini's education as a modeler; his approach to preparatory drawings; his use of assistants; and the response to his models by 17th-century collectors. Extensive research by conservators and art historians explores the different types of models created in Bernini's workshop. Richly illustrated, Bernini transforms our understanding of the sculptor and his distinctive and fascinating working methods."--Publisher's website. |
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Bernini: Sculpting in Clay C. D. Dickerson,Anthony Sigel,Ian Wardropper Vista previa restringida - 2012 |
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Alexander VII Algardi artist assistants Avery Bacchi Baldinucci Barberini base Bernini's models Bildenden Künste bozzetti Brauer and Wittkower bronze buttress carving Cathedra Petri Chigi clay Crown of Thorns Dolphins drapery drawings Ercole Ferrata EXHIBITIONS face Fagiolo Ferrari and Papaldo Ferrata figure fingerprint fingers finished statue firing Four Rivers Fountain Francesco Gian Lorenzo Bernini gilding Half-Kneeling Angel Harvard cat head Hermitage Museum hollowed Ibid impressed inventory Kauffmann 1970 Kimbell Kneeling Angel Lavin Leipzig lifesize Lion marble modelli Montanari Moor cat Museo Museum der Bildenden oval-tip tool paint Pietro Ponte Sant'Angelo Pope Pope Alexander VII preparatory present model Proserpina PROVENANCE Raggi Rome Saint Jerome Saint Longinus Saint Peter's Saint Petersburg sculpture shape shrinkage cracks side Sigel sketch smoothed strokes Superscription surface technique terracotta tool marks toothed texturing toothed tool torso trimmed triton Vatican Vatican City wedged wing Wittkower 1966 X-radiograph