The Baptistery of St. John. Florence.
Threshold| N° d'inventaire | 23756 |
| Format | 30 x 31 |
| Détails | 280 p. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782021105407 |
After The Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi and The Palazzo del Te in Mantua, this volume in the same series offers a rediscovery of Florence's oldest monument and undoubtedly one of Tuscany's most remarkable Romanesque masterpieces. The reader is introduced to the artistic history of the Baptistery of St. John through spectacular photographs that provide a close-up view of the inestimable riches contained in this building, from which the entire city seems to radiate and take on its meaning.
A splendid anthology in marble, mosaics and bronze of great Florentine art, the Baptistery of St. John is the fruit of a thousand-year succession of different phases of construction, modifications and restorations, a breeding ground of images that reaches its peak in the mosaics of the dome, on which Cimabue probably worked.
At the center of the book, a special section elegantly celebrates the diversity and nobility of the materials that make the Baptistery so special. Finally, a special place is devoted to Lorenzo Ghiberti's sumptuous door, decorated with bas-reliefs, recently restored, which Michelangelo himself had named "Gate of Paradise." Anna Maria Giusti's text is all the better documented because she has led this restoration alongside the greatest experts since 1996.
Anna Maria Giusti, art historian and director of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, is an authority on restoration. Former director of the Gallery of Modern Art at the Pitti Palace, she is the author of numerous books on the Baptistery and its mosaics.
After The Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi and The Palazzo del Te in Mantua, this volume in the same series offers a rediscovery of Florence's oldest monument and undoubtedly one of Tuscany's most remarkable Romanesque masterpieces. The reader is introduced to the artistic history of the Baptistery of St. John through spectacular photographs that provide a close-up view of the inestimable riches contained in this building, from which the entire city seems to radiate and take on its meaning.
A splendid anthology in marble, mosaics and bronze of great Florentine art, the Baptistery of St. John is the fruit of a thousand-year succession of different phases of construction, modifications and restorations, a breeding ground of images that reaches its peak in the mosaics of the dome, on which Cimabue probably worked.
At the center of the book, a special section elegantly celebrates the diversity and nobility of the materials that make the Baptistery so special. Finally, a special place is devoted to Lorenzo Ghiberti's sumptuous door, decorated with bas-reliefs, recently restored, which Michelangelo himself had named "Gate of Paradise." Anna Maria Giusti's text is all the better documented because she has led this restoration alongside the greatest experts since 1996.
Anna Maria Giusti, art historian and director of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, is an authority on restoration. Former director of the Gallery of Modern Art at the Pitti Palace, she is the author of numerous books on the Baptistery and its mosaics.