Woodcarving and woodcarvers in Venice 1350-1550
By: Anne Markham Schulz
Publisher: Centro Di
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Firenze
Language: eng
Number of pages: 614
ISBN-13: 9788870384864
Subjects: Italian Wood sculpture; Wood-carving, Renaissance; Holzbildhauer; Holzplastik; History
Description: 28cm., pbk., ca. 614pp., 20 color, 300 b&w illus. Summary: This book is the first synthetic treatment of Venetian woodcarving and woodcarvers. It opens with an introduction covering all aspects of the subject - materials, techniques, patronage, genres, and style, as well as social history of the profession in late Medieval and Renaissance Venice. There follows a biographical dictionary of nearly 600 woodcarvers, largely based on unpublished archival documents, the most interesting of which are transcribed in entirety. The catalogue focuses on 13 works of particular interest in and outside of Venice. The corpus of 20 illustrations in color and 300 in black and white reproduces statues, altarpieces, crucifixes, and choir stalls in lavish and exquisite detail. Centro.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-282) and indexes.