Product Description: This is the first monograph dedicated to Andrea Riccio, one of the greatest--and least-known--bronze masters of the Renaissance. The publication focuses on Riccio’s autograph works and illustrates more than thirty statuettes and reliefs from each phase of his career, as well as the few bronzes believed to be derived from the master’s lost compositions...read more

Product Description: Large bronzes are rarely considered as a category in their own right. This volume explores key issues associated with large-scale bronze production in Europe from the fifteenth through early seventeenth centuries. Featuring recent research by an international group of sixteen prominent curators, art historians, and conservators, the book presents a variety of perspectives on the production of large bronzes, including great works by major artists and the role of the foundry in their manufacture...read more

Product Description: This book is an ambitious work that surveys the development of a major sculptural medium in Italy across four centuries. It is the first work of its kind to consider the varieties of fired clay sculpture, especially in the context of the sculptural process...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The collection of Italian bronzes at the Victoria and Albert Museum is extraordinary for its size, variety, and scope. The first book in English devoted to the subject, this fully illustrated volume provides a complete catalogue of a key part of this collection—75 small bells, mortars, and related utensils mainly from the Renaissance period...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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