Victoria Avery

Gebundenes Buch

Vulcan's Forge in Venus' City

The Story of Bronze in Venice, 1350-1650

Beschreibung

This book tells, for the first time, the story of bronze in Renaissance Venice. Previously unpublished documents provide an invaluable resource for the study of bronze objects and the people who commissioned and made them. The numerous illustrations include recently-restored works of art, and unpublished historical photographs.

Autor

Victoria Avery is the Keeper of Applied Arts at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. She was previously Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Warwick, where she taught courses focusing on Italian Renaissance art and architecture. Since completing her British Academy funded PhD on the work of the Venetian Renaissance sculptor, Alessandro Vittoria (Cambridge 1996), Dr Avery has spent a great deal of time conducting research in the archives in Venice on aspects of Venetian Renaissance sculpture, which has resulted in numerous publications on the subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liverpool University Press
• Seitenzahl: 700
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 216mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 2136g
• ISBN-13: 9780197264966
• ISBN-10: 0197264964
• Artikelnr.: 33722671