This publication will be the only available English-language
monograph to date on sixteenth-century sculptor Pier Jacopo Alari
Bonacolsi (c. 1455-1528), who earned the nickname 'Antico' with his
highly refined reductions of Greco-Roman antiquities. His bronzes -
many of which were produced at the brilliant court of Isabella
d'Este at Mantua - were remarkable for being meticulously cast and
finely cleaned and finished, designed for close appreciation in the
privacy of a courtly studio. His black patination and exquisite
detailing, such as gilded hair and silver-inlaid eyes, are
characteristic. Given Antico's importance for the history of
sculpture, this book is a much needed resource in the field,
presenting new scientific research and the results of technical
studies undertaken at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. A
series of essays places Antico's life, work and technique in a
contextual framework useful for understanding his body of work. In
addition to providing an overview of the artist's career, the
catalogue will address key topics from his workmanship and craft to
his relationship with the court of Mantua. Eleonora Luciano,
associate curator of sculpture at the National Gallery of Art,
provides a biography of the artist; Claudia Kryza-Gersch, curator
of Italian sculpture at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna,
discusses Antico as a pioneer of Renaissance sculpture; Stephen
Campbell, professor and chair of the department of the history of
art at John Hopkins University, writes about 'Antico and Humanism
at the Court of Mantua'; Davide Gasparotto, curator at the Galleria
Nazionale di Parma, considers Antico's portraiture; Denise Allen,
curator at the Frick Collection, New York, writes about 'Materials,
Workmanship and Meaning' in the artist's work. Two appendices
present new scientific work: Dylan Smith and Shelley Sturman, both
conservators at the National Gallery of Art, explore the technology
of Antico's bronzes, and Richard Stone, conservator emeritus at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, examines Antico's patinas.
Exhibition held at National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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