{"product_id":"sculpture-in-the-age-of-donatello-renaissance-masterpieces-from-florence-cathedral-9781907804564","title":"Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance Masterpieces from Florence Cathedral","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable and beautiful new volume examines twenty-three major artworks that were produced to decorate Sta. Maria del Fiore in Florence  better known to visitors as the Duomo  or cathedral  in the first decades of the 1400s. These include nine works alone by Donatello  considered one of the greatest and most influential Italian sculptors  including his masterpiece Lo Zuccone  and The Evangelist John which inpsired Michelangelo. There is also a detailed discussion of Ghibertis gilded bronze Gates of Paradise  created for the Eastern end of the cathedral   which includes remarkable shots of the doors before  and after  their current restoration. With four chapters by leading scholars  and a catalog presenting over fifty superb color plates of the artworks  beautifully photographed by leading art photographer Antonio Quattrone  this volume explains how these masterpieces had a profound impact on the art of the Italian Renaissance. This is a major new scholarly survey  and will become a seminal text on the artistic imagination  creativity  and skill of the Florentine Renaissance. Mons. Timothy Verdon is the director of both the Diocesan Office of Sacred Art and Cultural Heritage Ecclesiastical and the Museo dellOpera di Santa Maria del Fiore. Daniel Zolli is a doctoral candidate in Harvard Universitys history of art and architecture department. Amy R. Bloch is assistant professor of art history at the University at Albany  State University of New York (SUNY). Marco Ciatti is director of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure  Florence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279570362421,"sku":"ByrdShop_1907804560","price":75.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781907804564.jpg?v=1780602494","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sculpture-in-the-age-of-donatello-renaissance-masterpieces-from-florence-cathedral-9781907804564","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}