. A short history of art . INNSBKUCK KING ARTHUR One of twenty-eight colossal bronze statues representing actual andlegendary ancestors of the Imperial GEK3IAIX PILOX CHEMIXEE HENRI example of the French Renaissance. HIGH-RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE IN ITALY 257 Alfonso Lombardi (1488-1537) of Bologna, and AntonioBegarelli (14<98-1565) of Modena. Alfonsos style was vigor-ous and natural. Many of his famous statues were executedin clay. Begarellis finest works were also in his compositions he follows the laws of painting ratherthan those of sculpture. Michael Angelo
. A short history of art . INNSBKUCK KING ARTHUR One of twenty-eight colossal bronze statues representing actual andlegendary ancestors of the Imperial GEK3IAIX PILOX CHEMIXEE HENRI example of the French Renaissance. HIGH-RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE IN ITALY 257 Alfonso Lombardi (1488-1537) of Bologna, and AntonioBegarelli (14<98-1565) of Modena. Alfonsos style was vigor-ous and natural. Many of his famous statues were executedin clay. Begarellis finest works were also in his compositions he follows the laws of painting ratherthan those of sculpture. Michael Angelo is reported to havebeen a great admirer of his work, and to have said of it, Ifthis clay were marble, alas for the antique statues! Andrea Riccio (14!80-1532) of Padua had a great deal ofimagination, and his groups were very spirited. The greatest master of Upper Italy, however, was aFlorentine, Jacopo Tatti, named Sansovino after his mas-ter Andrea. His greatest works were executed at Venice. The mostremarkable of them is the bronze door of the sacristy ofSt. Marks, which reminds us a little of Ghibertis work atFlorence. Sansovino also executed the bro
Size: 1401px × 1783px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectart, bookyear1913
