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The Materiality of Terracotta Sculpture in Early Modern Europe book cover

1st Edition

The Materiality of Terracotta Sculpture in Early Modern Europe

Edited By Zuzanna Sarnecka, Agnieszka Dziki Copyright 2023
284 Pages 26 Color & 94 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 26 Color & 94 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 26 Color & 94 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Through meticulously researched case studies, this book explores the materiality of terracotta sculpture in early modern Europe. Chapters present a broad geographical perspective showcasing examples of modelling, firing, painting, and gilding of clay in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands. The volume considers known artworks by celebrated artists, such as Luca della Robbia,... Read more

Introduction Materiality, Scale, and Status of Early Modern Terracotta 

Zuzanna Sarnecka and Agnieszka Dziki

PART I  Material Migrations

1. Materiality as an Incentive to Stylistic Innovation in Earthenware from Bergen op Zoom (15th-16th century)   

Bart van Eekelen 

  2. Making a Virtue out of a Necessity: Lorenzo Mercadante’s Use of Terracotta in Seville Cathedral   

Nicola Jennings

 3. Episodes of the Arts of Fire in Portugal during the Renaissance   

Pedro Flor

 PART II Terracotta and Design     

4. Hans Reichle’s Contribution to the Practice of Terracotta Sculpture in Tyrol   

Francesca Padovani

5. Luca della Robbia’s Labours in Terracotta   

Catherine Kupiec 

6. Clay Models in Verrocchio’s Workshop 

Dylan Smith

7. The Primacy of Terracotta. Sculptures for Painting in Sixteenth-Century Renaissance Florence 

David Lucidi 

PART III Mimetic Ventures

8. Glazed Ornament between Architecture and Altarpieces: Luca and Andrea della Robbia in Impruneta and Pescia

Federica Carta

 9. The Transformation of Della Robbia Garland Frames: From Luca through Giovanni’s Antinori Resurrection

Roberta Olson

 10. Face, Surface, Interface: Some Observations on Polychrome Florentine Terracotta Busts

Andreas Huth

11. Antonio Begarelli and Small-Scale Terracotta Sculpture

Virna Ravaglia

PART IV Contexts and Values

 12. Della Robbia Sculptures for Florentine Renaissance Convents

Marietta Cambareri

13.  "Ut firmetur quod formatum est"Augustinian Terracottas, and a Note on Two Sculptures from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts

Marco Scansani

14. The Papal Clay: Firing Terracotta Sculptures in Sixteenth-Century Rome

Zuzanna Sarnecka

15. Exceeding Expectations: Antonio Begarelli, His Female Patrons, and the Misunderstood Materialities of White Terracotta

Erin Giffin

16.  Conversations on the Terracotta Sculpture in the Renaissance: Recollections, Reflections and Proposals

 Giancarlo Gentilini

Biography

Zuzanna Sarnecka is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Art History at the University of Warsaw.

Agnieszka Dziki is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Warsaw, Poland and the University of Cologne, Germany.

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