Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture: Text Volume ONLY
Hardcover
1963 · New York
by Pope-Hennessy, John
New York: Phaidon Press, 1963. Hardcover. G/VG (foxing along textblock and minor discoloration on boards, all pages clear and intact - dust jacket is in protective mylar case). Blue cloth boards, yellow illustrated dust jacket with black lettering, 126 pp. with 178 text plates. This edition of Pope-Hennessy's classic work consists of three individual volumes: text, catalogue, and plates. This is the Text volume alone. The author focuses on work by Bernini and Michelangelo, and also discusses the artistic problems presented by statue, relief, portrait, tomb and fountain in the 16th century. (Inventory #: 106459)