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100 1 _aBode, Wilhelm von,
_d1845-1929
245 1 4 _aDie Italienische Plastik
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2006-07-01
508 _aProduced by Juliet Sutherland, Sigal Alon, Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Die Italienische Plastik" by Wilhelm Bode is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work examines Italian sculpture, tracing its development and significance over various historical periods, from early Christian art through to the Gothic period and into the Renaissance. Focusing on styles, techniques, and major artists, the book serves as a comprehensive overview of the evolution of Italian sculpture and its cultural context. The beginning of the text delves into the early Christian period and its artistic limitations, emphasizing the struggles and transformations within sculpture following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Bode discusses how the rise of Christianity affected artistic expression, leading to a decline in monumental art and a reliance on traditional motifs. Citing specific examples of sculptures and their connections to earlier works, he sets the stage for an exploration of how subsequent periods, including the Romanesque and the emerging Renaissance, began to revitalize and redefine the art of sculpture in Italy. This opening lays a solid groundwork for understanding the complex interplay between cultural shifts and artistic innovation throughout Italy's sculptural history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSculpture -- Italy -- History
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18733
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