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Important European Terracottas: Tomasso Brothers Fine Art (Paperback)
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Important European Terracottas: Tomasso Brothers Fine Art (Paperback)
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This catalogue presents a selection of important European
terracotta sculptures from the neolithic to the neoclassical
periods. The accompaning exhibition traces the history of `fired
clay' starting with the Vinca civilisation of South-Eastern Europe
in the fifth millennium BC, which produced the fascinating Idol of
a Mother and Child in the show and from there, via the ancient
classical period and the Renaissance, to the high baroque, ending
with the neoclassical era. Among the works included is a North
Italian idealised Portrait Relief of a Lady from the late fifteenth
century, and an attentively described Portrait Bust of a Man from
Emilia in Northern Italy, ca. 1500. Both testify to the birth of
terracotta as a medium for portraiture which continued well into
the early modern era. Among further highlights is a Portrait Bust
of a Gentleman by the rare Flemish sculptor Servatius Cardon
(1608-1649) and a poignant Portrait of a Young Man attributed to
the great French artist Philippe-Laurent Roland (1746-1816). The
latter work is a beautiful representation of the birth of the
modern portrait, where hierarchy and status give way to the
expression of individuality and emotion. Parallel to this, the
exhibition and catalogue demonstrate how terracotta was essential
to artistic practice as a means for sculptors to develop ideas and
compositions, shown by a recently rediscovered terracotta model for
an allegorical representation of Winter, by the Venetian baroque
master Giovanni Bonazza (1654-1736), which offers a crucial insight
into the work of the sculptor, presenting a highly accomplished
model for a finished work to be carved in either stone or marble. A
similar case is illustrated by a Character Head executed by Antonio
Canova (1757-1822) around 1780, when he was still a young sculptor
on the cusp of greatness. Inspired by the famous Laocooen group in
the Vatican, this terracotta exists as an invenzione in its own
right, and so a testimony to the sculptor's search for his own
artistic vocabulary. Deeply and richly modelled, the Character Head
betrays a preoccupation with the representation of emotions, framed
within a wider exploration of antiquity that would be a central
theme throughout Canova's career. Another remarkable discovery and
a highlight is a terracotta model for a figure of Saint Mark by
Giuseppe Piamontini (1664-1742), a colossal marble statue carved
for the new baroque church of Santi Michele e Gaetano in Piazza
Antinori on the central Via Tornabuoni in Florence.
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