Fifteenth-Century Florentine and Tuscan Sculpture in the National Gallery of Art
David Gariff, senior lecturer, National Gallery of Art
Italian sculpture of the fifteenth century in Florence and Tuscany, departed from the elegant, decorative style of the earlier Gothic period to reflect a greater admiration for, and understanding of, the strength and structure of the human body. In this respect, Renaissance sculptors emulated the ideals of the ancient Greeks and Romans when depicting contemporary or Christian subjects. Sculptors like Donatello, Desiderio da Settignano, Bernardo and Antonio Rossellino, Luca and Andrea della Robbia, and Verrocchio, revived a classical interest in the human body depicted in full-length figures demonstrating a naturalism and ease of movement. Relief sculptures explored new effects of light and atmosphere. Displaying a variety of materials including marble, bronze, wood, terracotta, and ceramic; and a range of processes from carving to modeling to casting; 15th-century Florentine sculpture served a variety of secular and religious purposes. In this lecture, David Gariff presents an overview of the Gallery’s 15th-century Florentine and Tuscan sculpture collection as context for a better understanding of the Verrocchio exhibition now on view.
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Italian sculpture of the fifteenth century in Florence and Tuscany, departed from the elegant, decorative style of the earlier Gothic period to reflect a greater admiration for, and understanding of, the strength and structure of the human body. In this respect, Renaissance sculptors emulated the ideals of the ancient Greeks and Romans when depicting contemporary or Christian subjects. Sculptors like Donatello, Desiderio da Settignano, Bernardo and Antonio Rossellino, Luca and Andrea della Robbia, and Verrocchio, revived a classical interest in the human body depicted in full-length figures demonstrating a naturalism and ease of movement. Relief sculptures explored new effects of light and atmosphere. Displaying a variety of materials including marble, bronze, wood, terracotta, and ceramic; and a range of processes from carving to modeling to casting; 15th-century Florentine sculpture served a variety of secular and religious purposes. In this lecture, David Gariff presents an overview of the Gallery’s 15th-century Florentine and Tuscan sculpture collection as context for a better understanding of the Verrocchio exhibition now on view.
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