The sculpture of Giovan Angelo Montorsoli and his circle : myth and faith in Renaissance Florence

The sculpture of Giovan Angelo Montorsoli and his circle : myth and faith in Renaissance Florence / edited by Alan Chong and Lorenzo Principi ; with contributions by Kurt Sundstrom and Sergio Ramiro Ramirez.

"The publication examines a newly discovered terracotta sculpture of John the Baptist, made in the 1530s by Giovan Angelo Montorsoli, one of Michelangelo's principal followers. Montorsoli produced the work at a key phase in his career--around the time he resored the ancient Apollo Belvede...

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Other Authors: Chong, Alan, 1957- (Editor), Principi, Lorenzo (Editor), Sundstrom, Kurt (Contributor), Ramiro Ramírez, Sergio (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester, N.H. : Currier Museum of Art, [2018]
Subjects:
Montorsoli, Giovanni Angelo. > Sculptures.
Montorsoli, Giovanni Angelo > Criticism and interpretation.
Montorsoli, Giovanni Angelo > Friends and associates.
Montorsoli, Giovanni Angelo, > 1499-1563.
Montorsoli, Giovanni Angelo.
Sculpture, Renaissance > Italy > Florence > Exhibitions.
Myth in art > Exhibitions.
Friendship.
Myth in art.
Sculpture, Renaissance.
Italy > Florence.
exhibition catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs.
Holy Cross Note:Contains a reproduction of: Saint John the Baptist, about 1517, by Andrea del Sarto (p. 108-109). Art original: oil on panel transferred to canvas; panel: 71 x 50 cm., framed: 104.5 × 92.7 × 13 cm., in Worcester Art Museum (1984.38).
Table of Contents:
  • Montorsoli's terracotta John the Baptist: the influence of Michelangelo and Andrea del Sarto / Lorenzo Principi
  • The Baptist and Mars: identity shifts in Renaissance Florence / Kurt Sundstrom
  • Copies, restorations, and caricatures: Montorsoli at the Vatican
  • Alan Chong
  • Montorsoli and the Hapsburg Court / Sergio Ramiro Ramírez
  • The impact of Michelangelo's new sacristy / Lorenzo Principi, Alan Chong.

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