The Hours of night and day
Subtitle: a rediscovered cycle of bronze reliefs by Giovanni Casini and Pietro Cipriani
By: Eike D. Schmidt ; contributing essays by Rita Balleri, David Ekserdjian ; principal photography Dan Dennehy
Contributors: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Publisher: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780989371858
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Art; Exhibitions; Art and mythology; Time in art; Night in art; Symbolism in art; Days in art; Blonze sculpture; Themes, motives; Relief (Sculpture), Baroque
Description: "Made in Florence at the beginning of the eighteenth century, these bronzes epitomize pre-modern notions about time, which are visualized through an elaborate array of mythological and allegorical components."--Front dust jacket flap.
Notes: This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at Minneapolis Institute of Arts, September 13, 2014 to January 4, 2015. The featured six bronze reliefs include: "Iris Awakening Hypnos (Ending Night)", "Aurora (Morning)", "Apollo at the Zenith (Noon)", "Apollo Descending (Evening)", "Endymion and Diana (Early Night)", and "Sacrifice to Diana (Midnight)".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Director's foreword  -- Kaywin Feldman; title: Acknowledgments  -- Eike D. Schmidt; title: Sparkles in the twilight of the Medici : allegories of 'The Hours of Night and Day' by Giovanni Casini and Pietro Cipriani  -- Eike D. Schmidt; title: Pietro Cipriani's 'Venus de' Medici' and 'Dancing Faun' and the classical tradition  -- David Ekserdjian; title: Bronze into porcelain : the enduring legacy of Giovanni Casini's reliefs in the 'Manifattura Ginori di Doccia'  -- Rita Balleri; title: Endnotes --; title: References cited; title: Index --; title: Photo credits --; title: About the authors.