The review of this book in Apollo Magazine speaks for itself: it describes it as 'essential' and 'hard to put down', declaring that 'the reader will be given an education in how to look at and write about works of art'.
The Ashmolean's collection of European sculpture is among the finest of its kind in the world. The collection accumulated over four centuries, from the dawn of English Art Collecting through to the Victorian period, which saw the arrival of one of the world's great collections of Renaissance bronzes and other sculpture assembled by the scholar-connoisseur C.D.E.
Fortnum, as well as further gifts and occassional purchases leading up to the present day. The catalogue covers the Ashmolean's collection dating from 1200 to around 1540. From Romanesque bronzes and Gothic ivories to High Renaissance sculpture, this three-volume set is a meticulous and comprehensive record of over 500 pieces, each one fully illustrated.
| ISBN: | 9781854442314 |
| Publication date: | 25th May 2017 |
| Author: | Ashmolean Museum, Jeremy Warren |
| Publisher: | Ashmolean Museum |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 1328 pages |
| Series: | Ashmolean Museum Publications |
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Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc Sculpture |
The review of this book in Apollo Magazine speaks for itself: it describes it as 'essential' and 'hard to put down', declaring that 'the reader will be given an education in how to look at and write about works of art'. The Ashmolean's collection of European sculpture is among the finest of its kind in the world.
Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture features in the following genres: Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Sculpture
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Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture was written by Ashmolean Museum, Jeremy Warren and published by Ashmolean Museum
Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture has 1,328 pages
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