Italian and Spanish Sculpture: Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection

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Название: Italian and Spanish Sculpture: Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection

Издательство:J. Paul Getty Museum

Автор:Peggy Fogelman and Peter Fusco, with Marietta Cambareri

Год:2002

Количество страниц:376

Язык:English

Формат:pdf

Размер:77,6 Mb

The Getty Museum established its Sculpture Department in 1984. Since then its holdings have grown to encompass some 170 works of European sculpture ranging in date from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century, with particular strengths in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century bronzes and Neoclassical works in marble and terracotta. Although the collection boasts many works by renowned sculptors, it is also distinguished by objects of high aesthetic quality and historical interest by lesser-known artists.

The present volume focuses on Italian and Spanish sculpture in the Museum’s collection, including such exceptional works as Antico’s Bust of a Young Man, Benvenuto Cellini’s Satyr, Gianlorenzo Bernini’s Boy with a Dragon, Giuliano Finelli’s Bust of a Noblewoman, and Antonio Canova’s Apollo Crowning Himself. In addition to presenting copious information about the history and iconography of the sculptures, much of it based on new findings, Italian and Spanish Sculpture includes detailed discussions of the manufacture, materials, and condition of each work. The technical descriptions in the catalogue entries are complemented by appendixes containing X-rays of selected sculptures and analyses of the bronze alloys. The catalogue is abundantly illustrated, including multiple views of each sculpture.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Note to the Reader

Catalogue

Appendix A: X-Rays of Selected Sculptures

Appendix B: Analysis of Bronze Alloys

Index

About the Authors

Peggy Fogelman is assistant director for education and interpretive programs at the Getty Museum, having earlier served as associate curator of sculpture. She has published widely in the field and acted as guest editor of the Sculpture Journal.

Peter Fusco, former curator of sculpture at the Getty Museum, is responsible for initiating the sculpture collections of both the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Getty Museum.

Marietta Cambareri is assistant curator of decorative arts and sculpture, Art of Europe, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.