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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Charles AveryPublisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd Imprint: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd Dimensions: Width: 21.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.40cm Weight: 1.408kg ISBN: 9781781300480ISBN 10: 1781300488 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 15 September 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements Contents 1. Fortuna Critica 2. Historiography 3. Biography 4. Signatures and Family Identity 5. Joseph's oeuvre (a) Plaques of the Deposition (b) Church-bells, table-bells, and mortars (c) Figure compositions (d) Joseph's sons and nephews 6. Joseph's background and the origins of his style 7. Bell-casting 8. Church-bells 9. Table-bellsReviewsAvery's understanding of the bronze-founder's world and its daily associations is unsurpassed...compelling </p>--Donald Johnson, Apollo Avery's understanding of the bronze-founder's world and its daily associations is unsurpassed...compelling --Donald Johnson, Apollo Author InformationDr Charles Avery is a specialist on European sculpture, particularly Italian, French, English and Flemish. A graduate of Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art he later obtained a doctorate from Cambridge. He is a Cavaliere of the Order of Merit of Italy, and has been a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Trustee of the British-Italian Society.He was Deputy Keeper of Sculpture at the Victoria & Albert Museum for twelve years and a Director of Christie's and since 1990 has been an independent historian, writer and lecturer. His published works include Giambologna: The Complete Sculpture; Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Frick Art Museum; Donatello: An Introduction; David Le Marchand (1674-1726): 'An Ingenious Man for Carving in Ivory'; Bernini, Genius of the Baroque and The Triumph of Motion: Francesco Bertos (1678-1741). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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