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The hours of night and day : a rediscovered cycle of bronze reliefs by Giovanni Casini and Pietro Cipriani /

"Made in Florence at the beginning of the eighteenth century, these bronzes epitomize pre-modern notions about time, which are visualized through an elaborate array of mythological and allegorical components."--Front dust jacket flap.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidt, Eike D. (Author)
Other Authors: Dennehy, Dan (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Minneapolis Institute of Arts, [2014]
Subjects:
Casini, Giovanni, > 1676-1729. > Hours of night and day > Exhibitions.
Cipriani, Pietro, > approximately 1679-1745. > Venus de' Medici > Criticism and interpretation.
Cipriani, Pietro, > approximately 1679-1745. > Dancing faun > Criticism and interpretation.
Manifattura Ginori (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy)
Time in art > Exhibitions.
Days in art > Exhibitions.
Night in art > Exhibitions.
Art > Themes, motives.
Art and mythology > Exhibitions.
Symbolism in art > Exhibitions.
Bronze sculpture > Italy > Florence > 18th century > Exhibitions.
Bronze figurines, Italian > Italy > Florence > 18th century > Exhibitions.
Relief (Sculpture), Baroque > Italy > Florence > Exhibitions.
Plaques, plaquettes, Baroque > Italy > Florence > Exhibitions.
Bronzes, Italian > 18th century > Exhibitions.
Metal sculpture, Baroque > Italy > Florence > Exhibitions.
Porcelain, Italian > Italy > Sesto Fiorentino > 18th century.
Porcelain, Italian > Italy > Doccia > 18th century.
ISBN:0989371859
9780989371858
Table of Contents:
  • Director's foreword / Kaywin Feldman
  • Acknowledgments / Eike D. Schmidt
  • Sparkles in the twilight of the Medici : allegories of 'The Hours of Night and Day' by Giovanni Casini and Pietro Cipriani / Eike D. Schmidt
  • Pietro Cipriani's 'Venus de' Medici' and 'Dancing Faun' and the classical tradition / David Ekserdjian
  • Bronze into porcelain : the enduring legacy of Giovanni Casini's reliefs in the 'Manifattura Ginori di Doccia' / Rita Balleri
  • Endnotes
  • References cited Index
  • Photo credits
  • About the authors.

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