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This stunning art book explores the life and work of Luca Della Robbia, one of the most influential sculptors of the Italian Renaissance. Author Leader Scott delves into the history and techniques behind Della Robbia's famous terracotta reliefs and sculptures, and provides insightful commentary on the artist's legacy. With full-color photographs and detailed analysis, 'Luca Della Robbia' is a must-have for any lover of Italian art and sculpture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... One of his finest statues is the Boy Bacchus, with a tazza uplifted in one hand, now in the Florentine National Museum. The modelling of the limbs is extremely good, and the figure has an airy joyousness which renders it very expressive. Sansovino was willing to help others, as he had been assisted in his youth. During his frequent visits to the wood-carver, Nanni d'Unghero, with his friend Andrea del Sarto, his pity was awakened by the drudgery and uncongenial labours imposed on the apprentice "Tribolo," who, with a decided talent for art, was only allowed to do all the coarse manual labour of the shop. Sansovino released him from the tribulations which had given him his nickname, and in Jacopo's studio the boy's genius developed fast. After a second visit to Rome, when he built the churches of San Marcello and San Giovanni de' Fiorentini, Sansovino's later life was passed in Venice, where his masterpieces of architecture--the Library and Procurazie on the Piazza San Marco, the Zecca, and several palaces and churches--remain to speak of his skill. This period of his life is marked by his long and close friendship with Titian; and in the great Of Sansovino's sculptural works in Venice, the Madonna over the door of San Marco is perhaps the most pleasing. The bronze reliefs in the doors of the sacristy, consisting of scenes from the life of Christ, are very artistic and forcible. All his architecture had a peculiarly sculpturesque effect. The surface was so broken by friezes, entablatures, and other adornments, that one of Sansovino's buildings gives the idea of a single sculptured stone. Besides Tribolo, Bartolommeo Ammannati and Girolamo of Ferrara were scholars whose career reflected credit on his teaching. BENEDETTO DA...