Title: The Hours of night and day
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.
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, Sculpture, italy, Sculpture, exhibitions, Bronze sculpture, Italian Bronze figurines, Plaques, plaquettes, Baroque, Italian Bronzes, Baroque Metal sculpture, Criticism and interpretation, Italian Porcelain, Manifattura Ginori (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy)
Places: Italy, Florence
People: Giovanni Casini (1676-1729), Pietro Cipriani (approximately 1679-1745)
Time periods: 18th century