Donatello
Subtitle: Maria Mater Gratiae, Mater Misericordiae
By: testi di/texts by: Don Andrea Bechi, Direttore Ufficio Arte Sacra e Beni Culturali, Arcidiocesi di Siena--Colle di Val d'Elsa--Montalcino ; Monika Butzek, Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz--Max-Planck-Institut ; Marilena Caciorgna, Università degli Studi di Siena
Publisher: Sillabe
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Livorno
Language: ita; eng
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9788883478260
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Renaissance Sculpture; Italian Sculpture; Sculpture; Church decoration and ornament; Duomo di Siena
Description: "The tondo depicting the Madonna and Child with Four Cherubs is the fourth and last masterpiece which Donatello, one of the most sublime artists of the Early Renaissance, produced for Siena Cathedral. The work, which was designed to be seen from below, was originally intended to be the centerpiece crowning the architecture that framed the entrance to the Chapel of the Madonna delle Grazie, situated in the third bay of the Cathedral's south aisle." -- Back cover of book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Italian and English.
Table of contents: title: Un gioioso incontro - A joyous encounter / Don Andrea Bechi; title: Il tondo di Donatello e la sua collocazione originale - The Donatello Tondo and its original location / Monika Butzek; title: L'iconografia delle opera di misericordia nell'abside del Battistero di Siena. L'intervento di Benvenuto di Giovanni a fianco del Vecchietta - The Iconography of the works of mercy in the apse of the baptistery of Siena. Benvenuto di Giovanni's intervention alongside Vecchietta / Marilena Caciorgna.