Giambologna: Narrator of the Catholic Reformation (California Studies in the History of Art)
by Mary Weitzel Gibbons
from University of California Press
Arguably the pre-eminent European sculptor of his age, but historically considered little more than the facile court sculptor to the grand dukes of Florence, Giambologna played a major role in the artistic transformations of the late sixteenth century. Mary Weitzel Gibbons seeks to broaden our hitherto limited view of Giambologna's work by considering his neglected Genoese masterpiece, the Grimaldi Chapel. Although the chapel itself was destroyed during the Napoleonic period, its dazzling bronzes of Virtues and angel-putti and a Passion cycle in relief have survived. The fine detail and rich color of the bronzes are featured in color plates and black-and-white images photographed especially for this book.
Gibbons reassesses Giambologna's work, clearly defining his relation to the narrative tradition and his role as an artist of the Catholic Reformation. Her new insights into the artist's work will appeal to all those intrigued by this turbulent era in Western European history.
Giambologna, 1529-1608: Sculpture by the Master and His Followers
Giambologna: An Exhibition of Sculpture by the Master and His Followers from the Collection of Michael Hall
GIAMBOLOGNA: GLI DEI, GLI EROI
Samson and a Philistine, (Victoria and Albert Museum. Museum monograph)
Il quaderno della fabbrica della Cappella di Sant'Antonino in San Marco a Firenze: Manoscritto sulla costruzione di un'opera del Giambologna (Pubblicazioni ... Pisa. Quaderni dell'Archivio Salviati)
Giambologna tra Firenze e l'Europa: Atti del convegno internazionale, Firenze, Istituto universitario olandese di storia dell'arte (Italia e i Paesi Bassi)
Giambologna: An exhibition of sculpture by the master and his followers, from the collection of Michael Hall, Esq. : Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York City
Giambologna's conception of the Rape of the Sabine Women;: A study exhibition in the connoisseurship of bronze statuettes; Oct. 25-Nov. 14, 1971 [at] Steinberg ... Hall, Washington University Gallery of Art
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