BY JOHN POPE-HENNESSY PHAIDON . " 1 1 f ' Italian Gothic Sculpture rvj eh ion BY JOHN POPE-HENNESSY vO OJ ocu With 08 Plates and 101 Text Illustrations o 1 This volume covers a period hounded at one end by m the pulpits of Nicola Pisano and at the other bv the bronze doors of Ghiberti. It comprises a general in- troduction, in which the stylistic development of Italian Gothic sculpture is presented as a continuous whole, 108 plates offering a representative cross- section ol each sculptor's work, more than a hundred illustrations in the text, biographies of the artists whose work is discussed, and detailed notes on the works illustrated. The designation Italian Gothic Sculpture embraces some of the main sculptural monuments of Western art. Among the sculptors whose work is dealt with in the book are Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, Arnolfo di Cambio, Andrea and Nino Pisani, Ghiberti and Jacopo della Quercia, and among the monuments illustrated are the sculptures ofthe great Pisan pulpits, of the facades ofthe Cathedrals ofSiena, Florence and Orvieto, of the Doge's Palace in Venice, of Milan Cathedral and San Petronio at Bologna, ofthe Scaliger tombs at Verona and the Angevin monuments in Naples, and of the doors of the Florentine Baptistry Many of the monuments are illustrated from new photographs. for those who do not know these works, thebookwill open up a new range of artistic experience. Those already familiar with them will find that, for the first time, Italian Gothic art is set in the context of Furopean Gothic style. Phaidon RETURN TO CENTRAL DATE DUE OCT OCT APR 2 2 1992 , H APR 2 7 SlllZL FE JUN 1m8 1p993 ^yj . Dfc APR #250 07-06-2005 2:50PM Item(s^ checked out to GUZMAN, ELIZABETH TITLE: Italian Gothic sculpture BARCODE: 3 1111 00226 0592 nup nATP n7_97_nc; 730.945 Pope-Hennessy, John F An introduction to Italian sculptui*e. v.l Italian Gothic sculpture Marin County Free Library Civic ildinff ITALIAN GOTHIC SCULPTURE AN INTRODUCTION TO ITALIAN SCULPTURE BY JOHN POPE-HENNESSY PART I ITALIAN GOTHIC SCULPTURE PART II ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE PART III ITALIAN MANNERIST AND BAROQUE SCULPTURE JOHN POPE-HENNESSY In GOTHIC ITALIAN SCULPTURE PHAIDON PRESS 1955 Marin C: Library Civic c 1 Building ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY PHAIDON PRESS LTD 5 CROMWELL PLACE, LONDON, S.W.7 0~9«S ~7 3 * MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN 1955 TEXT PRINTED AT THE CURWEN PRESS, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E.I3 ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED BY HUNT BARNARD & CO., AYLESBURY, BUCKS