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Letter
A Classical source for Michelangelo’s Florence ‘Pietà’
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 112–113
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Author:
Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo / Piranesi, Giovanni Battista / and workshop
dates:
1550-1559
subjects:
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Mary, Virgin: Pietà / Italian sculpture / Classical / Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Studies from the Antique with rams’ heads, barbarian trophies and figures of Victory, by the workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. c.1755–65. Red and black chalk on paper, 46.7 by 37.4 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Pietà, by Michelangelo. 1553. Marble, height 277 cm. (Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing a fallen Amazon supported by a companion in a Phrygian cap.
Attributed works:
4. Mould-made pottery lamp decorated with an Amazon assisting a fallen comrade, here reproduced in reverse. Roman (Italy), c.40–75. Terracotta, 10.4 by 8.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
L’Altare di San Giovanni del Museo dell’Opera del Duomo di Firenze: Il restauro (2006–2012)
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 1002-1003
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Reviewer:
Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)
Subjects
buildings:
Baptistery, Florence, Italy
museums and institutions:
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Altars / Silverwork / Florentine art / Renaissance art
subjects:
Restoration (process)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L’Altare di San Giovanni del Museo dell’Opera del Duomo di Firenze: Il restauro (2006–2012) Edited by Clarice Innocenti. 240 pp. incl. 300 col. ills. (Mandragora, Florence, 2018), £98. ISBN 978–88–7461–396–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Beheading of St John, by Andrea del Verrocchio (1478–83), from the silver altar of St John (1366–1483) made for the Baptistery, Florence, disassembled after cleaning. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Book Review
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise: Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance. By Amy R. Bloch; Il Paradiso ritrovato: Il restauro della Porta del Ghiberti. Edited by Annamaria Giusti
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 979-980
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Reviewer:
Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)
Subjects
art literature:
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo / Vitruvius / Pliny, the Elder, 23-79 AD
artists:
Ghiberti, Lorenzo / Bonanno Pisano
dates:
1400-1499 / 1400-1449
media:
Sculpture / Bronzes / Doorways
museums and institutions:
Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy / Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Art theory / Classical literature / Literature in art / Philosophy / Theology / Aesthetics / Optics / Humanism / Cultural history / Visual sources / Iconography / Christian iconography / Creation of the World / Restoration (process) / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Genesis, from the east door of the Baptistery, Florence, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. 1425–52. Gilded bronze, 79.4 by 79.4 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Exhibition Review
Nicola da Guardiagrele. Rome, Chieti, L’Aquila and Florence
04/2009 | 1273 | 151
Pages: 263-264
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Reviewer:
Davies, Glyn (Davies, Glyn)
Subjects
artists:
Nicola da Guardiagrele
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy / Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Chieti, Italy / Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Italy / Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
places:
Rome / L'Aquila / Florence / Italy
places:
Chieti
print:
Nicola da Guardiagrele
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Nicola da Guardiagrele, Orafo tra Medioevo e Rinascimento | institution: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo , institution: Museo Nazionale Archeologico , institution: Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo , institution: Santa Maria Maggiore
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. Monstrance, by Nicola da Guardiagrele. 1413. Silver, parcel-gilt, with cloisonné and translucent enamels, 54 cm. high. (S. Franco, Francavilla al Mare, Chieti; exh. Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
77. Detail of inscription, from a processional cross, by Nicola da Guardiagrele. 1431. Silver-gilt and champlevé enamel. (Museo Parrocchiale, S. Maria Maggiore, Guardiagrele, Chieti; exh. Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
78. Detail of Crucified Christ, from a processional cross, by Nicola da Guardiagrele. 1434. Silver, parcel-gilt, with champlevé, cloisonné and translucent enamels, 90 cm. high. (Museo Nazionale d’Abruzzo, L’Aquila; exh. Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Exhibition Review
Arnolfo di Cambio. Florence
04/2006 | 1237 | 148
Pages: 296-297
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Reviewer:
Bolgia, Claudia (Bolgia, Claudia)
Subjects
artists:
Arnolfo di Cambio
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
places:
Italy / Florence
print:
Arnolfo di Cambio
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Arnolfo: Alle origini del Rinascimento fiorentino | institution: Museo dell\'Opera del Duomo
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. Installation view at the Museo dell’Opera di S. Maria del Fiore, Florence, of Arnolfo: Alle origini del Rinascimento fiorentino, 2005–06, showing (r to l): the reconstructed lunettes over the portals on the façade of Florence Cathedral, the statue of Boniface VIII and the statue of Charles d’Anjou, by Arnolfo di Cambio.
Attributed works:
68. Reconstruction of the central portal lunette from the façade of Florence Cathedral, by Arnolfo di Cambio. After 1296. Marble, Virgin and Child: 171 by 72 by 32 cm. (Museo dell’Opera di S. Maria del Fiore, Florence).
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69. Figure of an apostle, by Arnolfo di Cambio. After 1296. Marble, 118 by 50 by 15 cm. (Torrigiani collection, Florence; exh. Museo dell’Opera di S. Maria del Fiore, Florence).
Article
Andrea Pisano's Earliest Works in Marble
01/1980 | 922 | 122
Pages: 3-7+9
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Author:
Kreytenberg, Gert (Kreytenberg, Gert; Kreytenberg, G.)
Subjects
artists:
Andrea Pisano
buildings:
Baptistery, Florence, Italy
dates:
1300-1399
museums and institutions:
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Early works
subjects:
Attributions / Marbles
subjects:
Jesus Christ / Reparata, Saint
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. S. Reparata, by Andrea Pisano. Marble. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
3. Christ, by Andrea Pisano. Marble. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
4. The Imprisonment of St John the Baptist (Detail of the Disciples), by Andrea Pisano. Bronze. (Baptistery, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. The Visitation (Detail), by Andrea Pisano. Bronze. (Baptistery, Florence).
Attributed works:
6. S. Reparata, by Andrea Pisano. Marble. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
7. Reverse of Fig.2.
Attributed works:
8. Reverse of Fig.3.
Attributed works:
9. Sketch for a Reconstruction of the Baptistery, Florence, by Bernardo Buontalenti, 1577. (Uffizi, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
10. Interior of the Baptistery, Florence.
Book Review
Il Museo dell' Opera del Duomo a Firenze, Vol. II
06/1972 | 831 | 114
Pages: 412
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Reviewer:
Honour, Hugh (Honour, Hugh)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Art museums / Collections / Catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Il Museo dell' Opera del Duomo a Firenze, Vol. II | author: Becherucci, Luisa , author: Brunetti, Giulia