The Modeller : Adriaen de Vries in Search of the viva figura /

The Modeller : Adriaen de Vries in Search of the viva figura /

"In these days the most famous modeller": this is how the Dutch sculptor Adriaen de Vries (1556-1626) was characterised in 1621. A virtuoso modeller, De Vries explored new ways to enliven his art. His bronze sculptures were made in a radically new, sketchy style, with free figure compositi...

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Main Author: Scholten, Frits (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Studies in Netherlandish Art and Cultural History ; 19.

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Bronze sculpture, Baroque > Netherlands.

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Call Number: NB653.V74

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Chapter 2 Orefice to sculptor nuovo /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Chapter 3 Wax: ex caera formatas /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Chapter 4 A Loose and Careless Style /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Chapter 5 Imperfetto and non-finito : Perfection in the Imperfect /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Chapter 6 Vivezza, Skin and Touch: between the Seen and Unseen /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Chapter 7 Pose and Movement: the viva figura /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Chapter 8 Turning the Farnese Bull /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Chapter 9 Living Bronze /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Chapter 10 Epilogue: Plasticity, Movement, and the Loose Style as a Sign of Modernity /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Back Matter
  • Notes /
  • Frits Scholten
  • Bibliography /
  • Frits Scholten.