Author : Herbert Keutner
Publisher : New York Graphic Society Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Book Synopsis Sculpture: Renaissance to Rococo by : Herbert Keutner
Download or read book Sculpture: Renaissance to Rococo written by Herbert Keutner and published by New York Graphic Society Books. This book was released on 1969 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: « The great period of western European culture that begins with the Renaissance about 1400 and ends with the Rococo about 1780 can truly be called "The Golden Age" of figurative art, and especially of sculpture. Never have sculptors risen to higher levels of achievement, nor has their influence been more widely felt. During the Middle Ages sculptors were concerned with illustrating and expounding the concepts of Christianity. In the modern era they have devoted themselves to secular subjects. But in the centuries between, from the fifteenth century to the French Revolution, artists had to be masters of both religious and secular art, and be prepared to represent Classical concepts side by side, and even to intermingle the two in their works. Donatello, Michelangelo and Bernini, Pilon and Girardon, Berruguete and Cano, Schlüter and Günther, Duquesnoy, Gibbons, and Roubilliac are some of the famous sculptors of the period ; around them were gathered a great many others who successfully fulfilled an unparalleled variety of creative tasks. The attempt to achieve a balance between the rediscovered world of nature and antiquity on the one hand, and Christian tradition on the other, created stresses which enriched their artistic endeavours and stimulated the evolution of new techniques and forms – new forms that are classified today as Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque and Rococo. In a sound text and with a wealth of illustrations, the author vividly portrays the richness of this distinctive Western period and provides new insight into the special problems which confronted the sculptors of this era. »--