Author : Reveil Reveil
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331728651
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (286 download)
Book Synopsis Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Vol. 17 by : Reveil Reveil
Download or read book Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Vol. 17 written by Reveil Reveil and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Vol. 17: Or Collection of the Principal Pictures, Statues and Bas-Reliefs in the Public and Private Galleries of Europe Torrigiano was welcomed at Home by pape Alexander VI, who entrusted him with the performance of various works in the tower of Borgia. He afterwards went to Pise returned to Florence, and then to Spain intending to establish a sculpture school at Grenade. He made for the chapter hall of this town a medallion which did him much credit; and yet he staid there but a short time being engaged to go to Seville where he performed great works for the rich convent of the Hiero nimiters of Buenavista. It is said that Torrigiano had a lively altercation with the duke of Arcos who would not give a reasonable price for a statue of the Virgin Mary executed by our artist; but he had the spirit to dash in pieces in the presence of the duke his work. In consequence of this bold action, he was put in prison where he died in 1522. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.