Shadows of time : Giambologna, Michelangelo and the Medici Chapel / editorial team, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Stephan Koja, Claudia Kryza-Gersch ; translation, Robert McInnes

Additional Titles:: Giambologna, Michelangelo and the Medici Chapel
Published:: Munich : Hirmer Verlag GmbH, [2018]
Copyright Date:: ©2018
Physical Description:: 262 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: Giambologna, 1529-1608. Selections, Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. Selections, Koja, Stephan, Kryza-Gersch, Claudia, McInnes, Robert (Translator), Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Semper-Galerie (Dresden, Germany), and Hirmer Verlag

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Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Contents:

The Dresden Times of the Day after Michelangelo - Early Works by Giambologna? / Claudia Kryza-Gersch -- Michelangelo's New Sacristy and Vecchietti's Criticism of the Missing Attributes of the Times of the Day / Raphael Rosenberg -- "Particularmente per fare picole figure" - The Material of the Dresden Times of the Day as an Argument for Their Attribution / Aleksandra Lipińska -- Michelangelo's Time of the Day in a Different Light: Cinquecento Drawings after Plastic Models / Marion Heisterberg -- Michelangelo's Mighty Models or the Legacy of Johan Gregor van der Schardt / Frits Scholten -- The Collection of Plaster Casts in Dresden / Birgit Langhanke.

Summary:

Giambologna (1529 - 1606) is regarded as the most important European sculptor between Michelangelo and Bernini. How did he achieve this status? This volume investigates this question and examines above all Giambologna's study of Michelangelo, his all-powerful role model, and how he successfully prevailed. The young Flemish artist Giambologna most probably embarked on his study trip to Rome in 1550. On his way home he visited Florence, decided to stay and became the star at the Medici court. They sent his sculptures to the princely courts of Europe, where they became sought-after gifts. Although we know a great deal about his success, we know little of his early years in Italy, because he first appeared on the scene as a sculptor from about 1560. The alabaster figures after Michelangelo's "Times of Day" in Dresden, hitherto largely ignored, seem to be early works by the master sculptor. An examination of these sculptures promises to shed fresh light on the development of a genius.

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ISBN:

9783777431789 (English edition ; paperback)
3777431788 (English edition ; paperback)

Note:

Exhibition catalog published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Skulpturensammlung, Semperbau am Zwinger, Dresden, June 23 - October 7, 2018.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

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