The collection of sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is second only to that of the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is particularly strong in Italian bronzes and in the work of the New Sculptors (the former from the Fortnum Collection, the latter from the Brocklebank bequest). In addition it posesses the famous ivory Venus and Cupid by Petel, the bronze Venus formerly attributed to Hans Mont, the baroque marble bust of Christopher Wren signed by Pierce, a boxwood Saint Sebastian in the style of Bustelli, and the Ugolino by Pierino da Vinci - probably the finest preserved Renaissance relief in wax. The catalogue is divided into three volumes of which this is the third. It includes some ceramics, metalwork and furniture. It is fully illustrated with comparative plates and includes discussion of condition and technique. The catalogue includes material by obscure artists and little-known work by famous sculptors.
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Part three of the catalogue of the European sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, this volume deals with British sculpture. Fully illustrated, this volume provides comparative plates and discussions of condition and technique. The three volumes are available separately or as a set.
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List of works catalogued; notes on the scope and presentation of the catalogue; preliminary essays - "The University Galleries of the Taylor Institute - the Architecture and the Sculptural Decoration", "Chantrey, Westmacott, and the Casts After the Antique", "The Brocklebank Bronzes and Gilbert's 'Circe'"; sculptures of the British school associated with a named sculptor, craftsman or supplier; sculptures of the British school unassociated with a named sculptor, craftsman or supplier. Appendices: "Plaster Casts from the Studio of Sir Francis Chantrey" - the Chantrey casts - technique and conservation - full-length statues, monumental effigies and reliefs (mostly fragmentary), bust portraits; British furniture in the Ashmolean Museum.
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ISBN
9780199513505
Publisert
1992-11-01
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
300

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