Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century
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Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century is by Estelle May Hurll, and a list at the front describes a series of representative pictures by famous artists, with interpretative text and portrait of the painter, edited by Estelle M. Hurll. The text says the aim of the new sculpture was the manifestation of the soul, as that of the classic art had been the glorification of the body. The text says Jacopo della Quercia was one of the oldest of the sculptors whose work extended into the fifteenth century, and that his bas-reliefs on the portal of S. Petronio at Bologna are probably his most characteristic work.
The text says Donatello is undoubtedly the greatest name in Italian sculpture previous to Michelangelo. A description of a child standing in front of his mother says his right hand is raised in a gesture of benediction, and that with his left he grasps a long scroll bearing the inscription Ego sum Lux Mundi (I am the Light of the World). A passage describes a figure whose duty is to guard the honor of the city, and who supports with his right paw a shield on which the Florentine lily is engraved.
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- Author
- Estelle May Hurll
- Pages
- 72
- Language
- English
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- European History
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