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Bertoldo di Giovanni
Bertoldo di Giovanni (b ?Florence, c.1430; d Poggio a Caiano, nr. Florence, 28 Dec. 1491). Florentine sculptor. He was a fairly minor talent, but he is remembered for three things. First, he was the pupil and assistant of Donatello and briefly the teacher or mentor of Michelangelo, thus forming a link between the greatest Italian sculptors of the 15th and 16th centuries. Secondly (and relatedly), he was the ‘guide and chief’ (Vasari) of the informal art academy that Lorenzo the Magnificent maintained in the Medici garden near S. Marco (it was there that he knew Michelangelo). Thirdly, he developed a new type of sculpture—the small-scale bronze, intended, like the cabinet picture, for the private collector. Bertoldo was responsible for the completion of two pulpits in S. Lorenzo left unfinished by Donatello at his death. His own most noteworthy work is a bronze relief of a battle scene (c.1480, Bargello, Florence), which inspired one of Michelangelo's first works, the Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs (c.1491, Casa Buonarroti, Florence). Bertoldo was also recognized as one of the leading portrait medallists of his time.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-BertoldodiGiovanni.html IAN CHILVERS. "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-BertoldodiGiovanni.html |
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Bertoldo di Giovanni
Bertoldo di Giovanni (c.1430–91). Florentine sculptor. He was a fairly minor talent, but he is remembered for three things. First, he was the pupil and assistant of Donatello and briefly the teacher or mentor of Michelangelo, thus forming a link between the greatest Italian sculptors of the 15th and 16th centuries. Secondly (and relatedly), he was the ‘guide and chief’ (Vasari) of the informal art academy that Lorenzo the Magnificent maintained in the Medici garden near S. Marco (it was there that he knew Michelangelo). Thirdly, he developed a new type of sculpture—the small-scale bronze, intended, like the cabinet picture, for the private collector. Bertoldo was responsible for the completion of two pulpits in S. Lorenzo left unfinished by Donatello at his death. His own most noteworthy work is a bronze relief of a battle scene (c.1480, Bargello, Florence), which inspired one of Michelangelo's first works, the Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs (c.1491, Casa Buonarroti, Florence). Bertoldo was also one of the leading portrait medallists of his time.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-BertoldodiGiovanni.html IAN CHILVERS. "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-BertoldodiGiovanni.html |
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Bertoldo di Giovanni
Bertoldo di Giovanni , c.1420–91, Italian sculptor. A pupil and assistant to Donatello and later the teacher of Michelangelo, Bertoldo was employed by the Medici to supervise instruction in sculpture and care for their collection of antique sculpture. His own works, often small bronzes, include battle scenes and mythological episodes (e.g., Orpheus, Bargello, Florence). |
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"Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bertoldo.html "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bertoldo.html |
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"Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-GiovanB.html "Bertoldo di Giovanni." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-GiovanB.html |
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