Culture of bronze : making and meaning in Renaissance sculpture / Peta Motture.

"Being both costly and luxurious, bronze arguably carries the most significance of all the sculptural materials. In the Renaissance, the use of bronze embodied power, authority and eternity and emulated the classical past. Yet it was one of the easiest materials to recycle, especially when the need...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Motture, Peta (Author)
Corporate Authors: V&A Publishing
Victoria and Albert Museum
Other Authors: Webb, Will
Cohen, Rebeka
Language:English
Published: London : V&A Publishing, 2019.
Subjects:
Bronze sculpture, Renaissance > Italy.
Bronze sculpture, Italian.
Bronzeguss.
Bronzeplastik.
Plastik.
Italien.
Bronze sculpture, Renaissance.
Italy.
Physical Description:287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Format: Book

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