The Pollaiuolo brothers
Subtitle: the arts of Florence and Rome
By: Alison Wright.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 575
Subjects: Pollaiuolo family -- Criticism and interpretation.; Pollaiolo, Antonio, -- 1426?-1498 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Pollaiolo, Piero, -- ca. 1443-1496 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-560) and index.
Table of contents: value: The lives of Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo; value: The formation of the "maestro di disegno" and Antonio del Pollaiuolo's work as a goldsmith; value: The earliest paintings and the "Labours of Hercules"; value: The development of secular subjects; value: Portraiture; value: Design and invention; value: The Florentine altarpieces; value: Painting for the city; value: Designing for the city; value: Piero del Pollaiuolo : the later independent works; value: Small scale bronzes; value: The tomb of Sixtus IV; value: The tomb of Innocent VIII; value: The legacy of the Pollaiuolo brothers.