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Fragments of a Ferrarese sketch by Donatello
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 11401151
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Scansani, Marco (Scansani, Marco)
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1. Funeral of the Virgin, by Donatello. Photograph taken before 1921. (Formerly Museo Schifanoia, Ferrara).
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10. Feast of Herod, by Donatello. c.1435. Marble, 50 by 71.3 by 5 cm. (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille).
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11. Detail of the Descent from the Cross scene on the Passion Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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12. Detail of the Ascension scene on the Resurrection Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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13. Detail of Fig.14. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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14. St Stephen and St Lawrence, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Polychromed terracotta, 215 by 180 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence)
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14. St Stephen and St Lawrence, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Polychromed terracotta, 215 by 180 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence)
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15. Detail of Dancing and festive putti from the Holy Girdle Pulpit, by Donatello. 1434–38. Marble. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato).
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16. Side view of Fig.3.
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17. Detail of a putto from the Cavalcanti Annunciation, by Donatello. c.1433–35. Terracotta. (S. Croce, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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18. Feast of St George, Allegory of the month of April, by Francesco del Cossa. c.1470. Fresco. (Salone dei Mesi, Museo Schifanoia, Ferrara).
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19. Madonna with Child and five angels, by Donatello. c.1455–60. Terracotta with traces of paint, 21.5 by 15.5 by 4.2 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin).
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2. Funeral of the Virgin, here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 33 by 24.5 by 2 cm. (Private collection).
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20. David with the head of Goliath, from a model by Donatello. Cast c.1460–65 after a wax model by Donatello c.1455. Bronze, height 37 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin).
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3. Evangelist, here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 33 by 33 by 9 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Acephalous figure (perhaps an Evangelist?), here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 25 by 20 by 4 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Fig.1 and Fig.2 placed side by side.
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6. Detail of the Pentecost scene on the Resurrection Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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7. Resurrection of Drusiana, by Donatello. 1435–40. Polychrome stucco, diameter approx. 215 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence).
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8. Detail of Fig.7. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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9. Pietà, by Donatello. c.1450–53. Marble, 36.5 by 30.5 by 4.5 cm. (S. Gaetano, Padua).
Article
Aby Warburg’s Hertziana lecture, 1929
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 852–873
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Sears, Elizabeth (Sears, Elizabeth)
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1. The lecture hall in the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Palazzo Zuccari, Rome. Photograph, c.1995. (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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10 and 11. Panel I of the Hertziana lecture, photographs by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. Hand-numbered, 1–35. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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12. Detail of Fig.7, showing a carved relief of the Justice of Trajan.
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13. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1464. Engraving, 32 by 21.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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14. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1465. Engraving, 25.5 by 18 cm. (British Museum, London).
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15. Panel VIb of the Hertziana lecture, photograph by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. The panel includes two depictions of the Battle of Constantine, by Piero della Francesca (nos.216–17) and Giulio Romano (no.215). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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16. Chart sketched by Aby Warburg, 8th February 1929. Media represented in the twelve Hertziana ‘plates’ following the C-sketches consisting of 287 photographs distributed across nine screens before the discarding of Plate VI. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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17. The monument to Giordano Bruno, Campo dei Fiori, Rome, by Ettore Ferrari. 1889. Bronze. The statue is on the site of Bruno’s execution on 17th February 1600. (Photograph the author).
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2. Gertrud Bing, Aby Warburg and Franz Alber in their sitting room at the Palace Hotel, April 1929. In the background is a screen constructed for the Hertziana lecture: to the left, the first eight of the twenty photographs by Pompeo Sansaini documenting the image-series; to the right, a scattering of photographs that had been on display. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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3 and 4. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. Demonstration evening (5th December 1928) and A-series (January 1929). See also Figs.5 and 6. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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5 and 6. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. The B-series and the (final) C-series (January 1929). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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7. The first terrace of Purgatory: the marble reliefs and the repentance of the proud: an illustration for Purgatorio, Canto X of Dante’s Divine Comedy, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1488–92. Metalpoint and brown ink on parchment, 32.2 by 47 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
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8. Adoration of the shepherds, by Domenico Ghirlandaio. 1485. Oil on panel, 167 by 167 cm. (S. Trinita Florence; photograph © Raffaello Bencini; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of a relief below the tomb of Francesco Sassetti, showing Sassetti being mourned, attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo. 1485–90. Pietra serena. (S. Trinita, Florence).
Exhibition Review
Donatello in Florence, Berlin and London
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 761–771
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Author:
Röstel, Alexander (Röstel, Alexander )
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Donatello. Inventor of the Renaissance, Berlin, 2nd September 2022–8th January 2023. | :
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Donatello. Sculpting the Renaissance, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 11th February–11th June 2023. | :
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Donatello. The Renaissance, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 19th March–31st July 2022. | :
Illustrations
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1. Virgin and Child (The Pazzi Madonna), by Donatello. c.1420–25. Marble, 74.5 by 73 by 6.5 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Installation view of Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2023, showing a group of sculptures depicting the Virgin and Child.
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11. Virgin and Child (The Piot Madonna), by Donatello and workshop. c.1440. Terracotta with traces of gilding, inset with wax medallions under glass, diameter 75 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
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12. Virgin and Child (The Dudley Madonna), by Donatello. c.1440. Marble, 27 by 16.5 by 2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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13. Flagellation and Crucifixion (The Forzori Altar), by Donatello. c.1450. Terracotta, 54.5 by 30.4 by 4.5 cm. (Flagellation), 53.5 by 27 by 5 cm. (Crucifixion) and 11.6 by 48.4 by 2.3 cm. (predella). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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2. Amor–Attis, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Bronze, partially gilded, 103 by 55 by 45 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. The feast of Herod, by Donatello. c.1423–27. Gilded bronze, 60 by 59.7 by 9 cm. (Baptistery of S. Giovanni, Siena; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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4. Installation view of Donatello: The Renaissance at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 2022, showing on the right St Louis of Toulouse by Donatello.
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5. Ascension with Christ giving the keys to St Peter, by Donatello. c.1428–30. Marble, 40.6 by 114.3 by 5.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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6. Capital for the pulpit of Prato Cathedral, by Donatello and Michelozzo. 1433. Bronze, 94.5 by 143.5 by 50 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. David, by Donatello. c.1408–16. Marble, 191 by 57.5 by 32 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Installation view of Donatello: Inventor of the Renaissance at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, 2022, showing the Martelli David and Bronzino’s portrait of Ugolino Martelli.
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9. Installation view of Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2023.
Exhibition Review
From Donatello to Alessandro Vittoria, 1450–1600: 150 Years of Sculpture in the Republic of Venice
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 798-800
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Howard, Deborah (Howard, Deborah)
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From Donatello to Alessandro Vittoria, 1450–1600: 150 Years of Sculpture in the Republic of Venice Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro, Venice 22nd April–30th October | :
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11. Domenico Duodo, by Alessandro Vittoria. c.1596. Carrara marble, height 80 cm. (Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro, Venice; photograph Matteo De Fina).
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12. Enthroned Madonna, by Andrea Briosco, known as Il Riccio. Late 15th century. Terracotta with traces of polychromy, height 120 cm. (Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro, Venice; photograph Matteo De Fina).
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13. Battle scene, by Vittore Gambello, known as Camelio. 1523–27. Bronze, 40.5 by 68.5 cm. (Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro, Venice; photograph Matteo De Fina).
Article
From Florence to Paris: new evidence for Giovanni Bastianini and his work
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 222-235
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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
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1. Girolamo Benivieni, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1863–64. Terracotta, 53.8 by 54 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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10. Virgin and Child (‘The Dudley Madonna’), attributed to Donatello or Desiderio da Settignano. Probably c.1460–60. Marble, 27.2 by 16.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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11. Virgin and Child (‘The Dreyfus Madonna’), here attributed to Giovanni Bastianini, after a model attributed to Donatello or Desiderio da Settignano. c.1855–65. Marble, height 28.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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12. Giovanna degli Albizzi, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1860. Gesso and polychrome over wood and mixed media, height 53 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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2. Girolamo Savonarola, by Giovanni Bastianini. 1863. Pigmented terracotta, height 60.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. Giovanni delle Bande Nere, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1867. Pigmented terracotta, height 45.8 cm. (The Wallace Collection, London; Bridgeman Images).
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4. ‘Piccarda Donati’, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1855. Plaster, height 57 cm. (Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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5. ‘Giovanna Tornabuoni’, here identified as Bust of Piccarda Donati, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1855. Plaster, height 51 cm. (Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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6. Cosimo I de’ Medici, by Benvenuto Cellini. 1545–46. Bronze, height 110 cm. (Museo Nazionale dell Bargello, Florence; photograph © Raffaello Bencini / Bridgeman Images).
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7. Cosimo I de’ Medici, here attributed to Giovanni Bastianini, after a model by Benvenuto Cellini. c.1855–65. Marble, 95.9 by 71.8 by 39.4 cm. (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
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8. The bust illustrated in Fig.7, seen from behind.
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9. Portrait of a young woman, by Andrea della Robbia. c.1465–70. Tin-glazed terracotta, diameter 43 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; Scala).
Exhibition Review
Body and Soul: Italian Renaissance Sculpture from Donatello to Michelangelo
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 61-64
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Lepoittevin, Anne (Lepoittevin, Anne)
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Body and Soul: Italian Renaissance Sculpture from Donatello to Michelangelo Musée du Louvre, Paris 22nd October 2020– 18th January 2021 | :
Illustrations
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7. Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist, by Giovanni Angelo del Maino. Before 1515. Polychromed wood, height 135 and 177 cm. respectively. (Como Cathedral; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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8. Rape of Europa, by Bellano. 1490–95. Bronze with green patina, 18 by 16.5 by 7.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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9. Cupid, by Michelangelo Buonarotti. 1497. Marble, 94 by 33.7 by 35.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Mantegna: Making Antiquity Modern. Palazzo Madama, Turin
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 437-439
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Reviewer:
Mazzotta, Antonio (Mazzotta, Antonio)
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Mantegna: Making Antiquity Modern Palazzo Madama, Turin 12th December 2019–4th May | :
Illustrations
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7. Self-portrait, by (or after a design by) Andrea Mantegna. Here dated to 1480s. Bronze, height 47 cm. (S. Andrea, Mantua).
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8. Study for a ‘Lamentation’, by Andrea Mantegna. Here dated to c.1455– 60. Pen and wash on paper, 15.1 by 10 cm. (Private collection; exh. Palazzo Madama, Turin).
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9. Detail of Virgin and Child (‘Madonna of the quarries’), by Andrea Mantegna. Here dated to 1488–90. Tempera on panel, 32 by 29.6 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Palazzo Madama, Turin).
Article
Donatello, musical sculpture, and the shock of sound
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 904-915
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Bloch , Amy R. (Bloch , Amy R.)
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1. Detail of Fig.6.
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10. Detail of Fig.6.
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11. Detail of Fig.6, showing Head of a man, by Donatello and workshop. c.1439 (gilded 1456). Bronze with traces of gilding, 45 by 35 by 30 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
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12. Detail of Fig.6, showing Head of a man, by Donatello and workshop, with Michelozzo (?). c.1439 (gilded 1456). Bronze with traces of gilding, 45 by 35 by 33 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
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13. Martyrs’ door of the Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence, by Donatello. c.1437–43, bronze, 235 by 109 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
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14. Apostles’ door of the Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence, by Donatello. c.1437–43, bronze, 235 by 109 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
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15. Detail of Fig.13
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16. Detail of Fig.14, with one handle rotated.
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2. Winged trumpeter from the font in the baptistery of Siena Cathedral, by Donatello. 1429. Bronze, height 36 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
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3. Detail of the tomb of Rainaldo Brancacci in Sant’Angelo a Nilo, Naples, by Donatello and Michelozzo. c.1426–28. Marble. (Scala).
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4. Feast of Herod from the font in the baptistery of Siena Cathedral, by Donatello. 1423–27. Bronze with gilding, 60 by 60 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
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5. Cantoria, by Luca della Robbia. 1431–38. Marble, 328 by 560 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Cantoria, by Donatello. 1433–39. Marble, glass, ceramic, gold, bronze, 348 by 570 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Pulpit of the Cathedral of Santo Stefano, Prato, by Donatello and Michelozzo. 1428–38 (figural reliefs by Donatello, 1433–38). Marble, ceramic, gold, each relief 73.5 by 79 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato; photographed post-restoration).
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8. The Cavalcanti Annunciation in S. Croce, Florence, by Donatello. c.1428–33. Partially gilded sandstone (macigno), height 420 cm.; width at base 248 cm.; width at top 274 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of Fig.6. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
Book Review
Seen from Behind: Perspectives on the Male Body and Renaissance Art. By Patricia Lee Rubin
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 783-785
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Reviewer:
Betzer, Sarah (Betzer, Sarah )
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Illustrations
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2. Bathers at San Niccolò, by Domenico Cresti, called Passignano. 1600. Oil on canvas, 142.2 by 180.3 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
The Renaissance Nude
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 416-419
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Reviewer:
Nuttall, Paula (Nuttall, Paula)
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8. A male nude with proportions indicated, by Michelangelo Buonarroti. c.1515–20. Red chalk on paper, 28.9 by 18 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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9. A myth of Pan, by Dosso Dossi. c.1524. Canvas, 163.8 by 145.4 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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10. Elderly bather. German, c.1480. Boxwood with some polychromy, height 16.2 cm. (Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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