This is a superbly illustrated Catalogue of the collection of sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum which is, after that of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the largest and most important in Great Britain. The collection is particularly strong in Italian bronzes and in the work of the New Sculptors (the former from the Fortnum Collection, the latter from the Brocklebank bequest). In addition it possesses the famous ivory Venus and Cupid by Petel, the extraordinary bronze Venus formerly attributed to Hans Mont, the baroque marble bust of Christopher Wren signed by Pierce, a boxwood Saint Sebastian in the style of Bustelli, and the Ugolino by Pierino da Vinci--probably the finest preserved Renaissance relief in wax. The Catalogue, which is divided into three volumes, also includes some ceramics, metalwork, and furniture. It is fully illustrated, including some comparative plates, and contains unusually full discussions of condition and technique.

Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present DayVolume I: Italian

Arts & Photography

Penny, Nicholas

Sculpture

Oxford University Press

Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present DayVolume II: French and Other European Sculpture (Excluding Italian and British)

Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present DayVolume III: British

This is a superbly illustrated Catalogue of the collection of sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum which is, after that of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the largest and most important in Great Britain. The collection is particularly strong in Italian bronzes and in the work of the New Sculptors (the former from the Fortnum Collection, the latter from the Brocklebank bequest). In addition it possesses the famous ivory Venus and Cupid by Petel, the extraordinary bronze Venus formerly attributed to Hans Mont, the baroque marble bust of Christopher Wren signed by Pierce, a boxwood Saint Sebastian in the style of Bustelli, and the Ugolino by Pierino da Vinci - probably the finest preserved Renaissance relief in wax. The Catalogue  - which is divided into three volumes - also includes some ceramics, metalwork, and furniture. It is fully illustrated, including some comparative plates, and contains unusually full discussions of condition and technique.

Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present Day: Three-Volume SetVol. I: Italian Sculpture; Vol. II: French and Other ... and British); Vol. III: British Sculpture

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Oxford: Clarendon Press

Subjects: Church of England - Churches - General - Tombs and monuments. Sepulchral monuments - England.

Church Monuments in Romantic England

Yale Univ Pr

A history of the development of critical opinions on ancient Greek and Roman sculpture discusses the owners, identification, copies, and fame of individual statues.

Taste and the antique: The lure of classical sculpture, 1500-1900

HASKELL, Francis

Photography & Video

Yale University Press

A history of the development of critical opinions on ancient Greek and Roman sculpture discusses the owners, identification, copies, and fame of individual statues

Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900

History & Criticism

The definitive account of the life and work of one of the most influential of all artists. “The best book ever written on Raphael.”―Brian Sewell, Interiors “A superbly illustrated and comprehensive survey. . . . The reproductions in color and in black and white add their own splendid testimony to Raphael’s achievement.”―American Library Association Booklist “It would not be possible within the space of a review to do justice to the variety of intelligent and stimulating observations which occur throughout the text, together with well-informed references to relevant background material.”―Cecil Gould, Times Literary Supplement “A marked success . . . in the authors’ line of inquiry, in their choice of material and in the form of its presentation.”―Sylvia Ferino-Pagden, Burlington Magazine “The new and dependable source for knowledge of the artist.”―Lawrence Gowing, London Review of Books “Strikes a nice balance between instruction and illustration.”―Janet Malcolm, New Yorker “An important contribution. . . It is also an excellent introduction to the career of Raphael for undergraduates. Graduates and faculty will find it a ready reference and a healthy stimulus.”―Choice

Raphael

Jones, Roger

This beautiful book provides a survey of European painting in northern and southern Europe between 1260 and 1510. It is based largely on the collection of early Renaissance paintings in the National Gallery in London, one of the finest and most comprehensive collections in the world.
In an extensive introduction the authors explain the background of religious belief and devotional practice for which many of the paintings were created and the secular requirements and ambitions that influenced them. They discuss the social context in which art was created and then displayed in the street, the palace, or the church, and they consider the role of the patron and the dealer. They describe the artist’s workshop, consider the role of apprentices and assistants, discuss the influence of guilds and courts, and explore the reasons why new subjects and techniques were introduced and earlier traditions survived. They then supply the first full modern account of the materials and techniques of the early Renaissance artist, drawing on recent research to explain the preparation of panels, the application of gold leaf, and the use of tempera and oil paint. 
The book also features a detailed examination of some seventy of the finest and best known paintings in the Gallery, including masterpieces by Duccio, Van Eyck, Mantegna, Piero della Francesca, Bouts, Bellini, Memling, Raphael, and Leonardo. The book is a stimulating and authoritative guide to the paintings in the Gallery―for those who can observe them in person and for those who must view them through the printed page. 
Publication of this book coincides with the reopening of the Sainsbury Wing designed by Robert Venturi, in which the Early Renaissance Collection will be newly exhibited.

Giotto to Dürer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery

Foister, Susan

Gordon, Dillian

Dunkerton, Jill

This beautiful book surveys the sculpture of many civilizations―from ancient Egypt, Greece, and China to fifteenth-century Italy, nineteenth-century France, and twentieth-century North America. It provides a basic introduction to the nature of the materials used by sculptors, examining how these were regarded as well as how they were worked in different periods and in different cultures. The book begins with the hardest stones that are worked with abrasives, goes on to discuss marble and softer stones and organic materials, such as wood and ivory, considers plastic materials (clay, stucco, gesso, and wax), both as molded materials and modeled ones, and then describes the casting and tooling of metal. Each chapter defines the limitations and challenges special to the material, examining, for example, its availability, value, durability, versatility, size, and color. Considering the ways in which artists have transferred techniques from one medium to another and striven to imitate in one material effects associated with another―how, for example, ivory carving has influenced porcelain models and pieced wooden sculpture has influenced marble carving―Nicholas Penny questions and qualifies the most powerful idea in the education of the sculptor in this century―the relation of truth to material. Full of facts drawn from rare and obscure publications and taking account of newer research (some carried out at the author's own request), the book combines useful information with stimulating speculation. It will be welcomed by sculpture lovers everywhere and provides an essential guide for students.

The Materials of Sculpture

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