The Performance of Sculpture in Renaissance Venice

Download or read book The Performance of Sculpture in Renaissance Venice written by Lorenzo G. Buonanno and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reveals the broad material, devotional, and cultural implications of sculpture in Renaissance Venice. Examining a wide range of sources--the era's art-theoretical and devotional literature, guidebooks and travel diaries, and artworks in various media--Lorenzo Buonanno recovers the sculptural values permeating a city most famous for its painting. The book traces the interconnected phenomena of audience response, display and thematization of sculptural bravura, and artistic self-fashioning. It will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Renaissance history, early modern art and architecture, material culture, and Italian studies.