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Ambitious Form: Giambologna, Ammanati, and Danti in Florence
Michael W. Cole
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Description for Ambitious Form: Giambologna, Ammanati, and Danti in Florence
Hardback. Describes the transformation of Italian sculpture during the neglected half-century between the death of Michelangelo and the rise of Bernini. This book follows the Florentine careers of three major sculptors - Giambologna, Bartolomeo Ammanati, and Vincenzo Danti - as they negotiated the politics of the Medici court and eyed one another's work. Num Pages: 400 pages, 167 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 211 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1686.
Ambitious Form describes the transformation of Italian sculpture during the neglected half century between the death of Michelangelo and the rise of Bernini. The book follows the Florentine careers of three major sculptors--Giambologna, Bartolomeo Ammanati, and Vincenzo Danti--as they negotiated the politics of the Medici court and eyed one another's work, setting new aims for their art in the process. Only through a comparative look at Giambologna and his contemporaries, it argues, can we understand them individually--or understand the period in which they worked. Michael Cole shows how the concerns of central Italian artists changed during the last decades of ... Read more
Ambitious Form describes the transformation of Italian sculpture during the neglected half century between the death of Michelangelo and the rise of Bernini. The book follows the Florentine careers of three major sculptors--Giambologna, Bartolomeo Ammanati, and Vincenzo Danti--as they negotiated the politics of the Medici court and eyed one another's work, setting new aims for their art in the process. Only through a comparative look at Giambologna and his contemporaries, it argues, can we understand them individually--or understand the period in which they worked. Michael Cole shows how the concerns of central Italian artists changed during the last decades of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
1685g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691147444
SKU
V9780691147444
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About Michael W. Cole
Michael W. Cole is professor of art history at Columbia University. He is the author of "Cellini and the Principles of Sculpture" and the coeditor of "The Idol in the Age of Art", among other books.
Reviews for Ambitious Form: Giambologna, Ammanati, and Danti in Florence
Finalist for the 2012 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award, College Art Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011 "In this stimulating offering, Cole investigates sculptural enterprise in Florence during the second half of the 16th century. Focusing on Giambologna, Bartolomeo Ammanati, and Vincenzo Danti, this book is no mere survey of trends or compilation of biographies. It concerns ... Read more