Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Allen, Denise.
2. Kryza-Gersch, Claudia.
3. Campbell, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1963-
4. National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
5. Frick Collection.

Description

1. xi, 210 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plates; 29 cm

Summary

1. "Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico (c. 1455-1528), exemplifies the Renaissance passion for the revival of antiquity. Antico was proficient in all manner of antique art, which he studied, restored, and re-created with unparalleled skill. His gilded and silvered statuettes, made for the Gonzaga rulers at the court of Mantua, pioneered the genre of bronzes made in multiples....Antico's bronze inventions in turn promoted the iconic status of statuary from antiquity, such as the Apollo Belvedere discovered in Rome in 1489....This...publication...is the only available English-language monograph on the sculptor....Featuring a series of essays, the book provides an overview of Antico's career and addresses topics ranging from the chronology of his works to his understanding of the antique, his relationship with Mantuan humanism and Mantegna, his portraiture, aspects of his technique, and his artistic significance."--Front inside flap of dust jacket.

Subject

1. Antico, approximately 1460-1528 > Exhibitions
2. Antico, approximately 1460-1528 > Criticism and interpretation
3. Bronze sculpture, Renaissance > Italy > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.

Contents

1. Antico : Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi (c. 1455-1528) / Eleonora Luciano -- Why Antico matters / Claudia Kryza-Gersch -- Antico and Mantegna : humanist art and the fortune of the art object / Stephen J. Campbell -- The portraits of Antico : "in this, one discerns the perfection of your art" / Davide Gasparotto -- Gold, silver and the colors of bronze : Antico's language of materials in statuettes and reliefs / Denise Allen -- The art and innovation of Antico's bronzes : a technical investigation / Dylan Smith and Shelley Sturman -- Understanding Antico's patinas / Richard E. Stone.

Call number

1. JQF 23-921

Note

1. Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 2011-Apr. 8, 2012 and the Frick Collection, New York, May 1-July 29, 2011.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.

Author

1. Luciano, Eleonora.

Title

1. Antico : the golden age of Renaissance bronzes / Eleonora Luciano ; with the collaboration of Denise Allen and Claudia Kryza-Gersch ; contributions by Stephen Campbell [and others].

Imprint

1. Washington [D.C.] : National Gallery of Art ; London : Paul Holberton Pub., 2011.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.

Local note

1. Art & Architecture Collection copy is the gift of Elisabeth Clark and Marianne Rosenberg.

Added author

1. Allen, Denise.
2. Kryza-Gersch, Claudia.
3. Campbell, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1963-
4. National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
5. Frick Collection.

LCCN

1. 2011022176

ISBN

1. 9781907372278 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
2. 190737227X (hbk. ; alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JQF 23-921