- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press (Dec 22 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0300071949
- ISBN-13: 978-0300071948
- Product Dimensions: 29.4 x 24.6 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #1 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( V-Z ) > Verrocchio, Andrea del
- #27 in Books > Arts & Photography > Museums & Collections > Catalogues Raisonnes
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Andrea del Verrocchio was the preeminent sculptor in late fifteenth-century Florence and one of the leading artists in Renaissance Europe. In every genre of statuary, Verrocchio made formal and conceptual contributions of the greatest significance, and many of his sculptures, such as the Christ and St. Thomas and the Colleoni Monument, are among the masterpieces of Renaissance art. A favorite artist of Lorenzo de' Medici and the teacher of Leonardo da Vinci, Verrocchio was a key link between the innovations of the fifteenth century and the creations of the High Renaissance.
This beautiful catalogue raisonne is the first comprehensive and detailed study of Verrocchio's extraordinary and innovative sculptures. Andrew Butterfield has combined careful visual analysis of the sculptures with groundbreaking research into their function, iconography, and historical context. In order to explain Verrocchio's contributions to the different genres of Renaissance sculpture, Butterfield provides new and important information on a broad range of issues such as the typology and social history of Florentine tombs, the theoretical problems in the production of perspectival reliefs, and the origins of the Figura serpentinata. Furthermore, Butterfield draws on a spectrum of often overlooked texts to elucidate fundamental iconographical problems, for example, the significance of David in quattrocento Florence.
In its scope, depth, and clarity, The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio will rank as one of the finest studies of an Italian sculptor ever published.
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In love with Verrochio,
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This review is from: The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio (Hardcover)
The images in this text are unbelievable! Butterfield draws attention to some remarkable and often overlooked aspects of Verrochio's work, such as details of St. Thomas' (of "The Doubting of St. Thomas" at the Orsanmichele) face and amazingly well articulated hands. Butterfield, also, brings forward Verrocchio's impact on Italian Renaissance art, especially as da Vinci's teacher, by comparing his work to that of those he influenced. This book has greatly impacted my work as a sculptor and given me a new love and appreciation for this Master!
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Butterfield is Brilliant,
By Tom Markgraf (Portland, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio (Hardcover)
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In love with Verrochio,
By Sarah Hempel Irani "Sculpturegirl" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio (Hardcover)
The images in this text are unbelievable! Butterfield draws attention to some remarkable and often overlooked aspects of Verrochio's work, such as details of St. Thomas' (of "The Doubting of St. Thomas" at the Orsanmichele) face and amazingly well articulated hands. Butterfield, also, brings forward Verrocchio's impact on Italian Renaissance art, especially as da Vinci's teacher, by comparing his work to that of those he influenced. This book has greatly impacted my work as a sculptor and given me a new love and appreciation for this Master!
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superb,
By B. D. Haas "i love amsterdam" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio (Hardcover)
exemplary, the text makes you see all kinds of things that are easily overlooked, the images make you look at the works in unexpected ways
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