{"product_id":"9781907804564","title":"Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance Masterpieces from Florence Cathedral","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable and beautiful new volume examines twenty-three major artworks that were produced to decorate Sta. Maria del Fiore in Florence, better known to visitors as the Duomo, or cathedral, in the first decades of the 1400s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese include nine works alone by Donatello, considered one of the greatest and most influential Italian sculptors, including his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eLo Zuccone\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eThe Evangelist John\u003c\/i\u003e which inpsired Michelangelo. There is also a detailed discussion of Ghiberti's gilded bronze \u003ci\u003eGates of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e , created for the Eastern end of the cathedral , which includes remarkable shots of the doors before, and after, their current restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith four chapters by leading scholars, and a catalog presenting over fifty superb color plates of the artworks, beautifully photographed by leading art photographer Antonio Quattrone, this volume explains how these masterpieces had a profound impact on the art of the Italian Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a major new scholarly survey, and will become a seminal text on the artistic imagination, creativity, and skill of the Florentine Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMons. \u003cb\u003eTimothy Verdon\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of both the Diocesan Office of Sacred Art and Cultural Heritage Ecclesiastical and the Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDaniel Zolli\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral candidate in Harvard University's history of art and architecture department.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAmy R. Bloch\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of art history at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMarco Ciatti\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D Giles Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043833954544,"sku":"9781907804564","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781907804564_p0.jpg?v=1763619497","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781907804564","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}