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Book Description: Umberto Allemandi. 1 Cloth(s). hard. Book Condition: New. A sculptor from 18th-century Padua, only recently rediscovered, Francesco Bertos specialized in remarkable compositions of flying, tumbling figures, whether allegorical, mythological, or religious. Bertos displayed an obsessive desire for dynamic movement within a piece, and his rococo-inspired acrobatic arrangements seem to defy gravity, though a careful study of his work reveals that there is meaning beyond its apparent capriciousness. Illustrated in 78 color plates and more than 300 black and white photos, this book documents the reassessment of Bertos' standing in art history and contains a catalogue raisonné of his known oeuvre of some 220 pieces. Bookseller Inventory # 21534

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Book Description: Umberto Allemandi Co, Italy, 2008. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 330 x 222 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. This work offers a rediscovery of the eighteenth-century sculptor Francesco Bertos by the eminent British art historian, Charles Avery, a specialist in European - and particularly Italian - sculpture. Bertos lived and died near Padua, Italy, and specialised in producing eye-catching, sometimes rather bizarre, mythological, allegorical and religious groups in marble or bronze. The art of Bertos is characterised by a constant search for dynamic movement, in a similar vein to contemporary paintings by Tiepolo and others, especially their tumbling groups of figures in airy trompe l'oeil ceilings. Indeed, many of the figures in Bertos' sculptural groups seem to fly and he was even summoned before the Inquisition to account for his preternatural skills in carving.Richly illustrated with almost a hundred colour and almost three hundred black and white photographs, the essays reveal his noble patrons in the Veneto, along with the royal family in Turin and Peter the Great in Russia, delve into his sources of inspiration, attempt to clarify his complex iconography, illustrate his daring techniques, introduce Fasolato, a sculptor follower of Bertos, and track Bertos' fortune in British and American collecting in the twentieth century.Appendixes list Bertos' various signatures and the locations where his works can be found, as well as a chronological summary of his documented career. This lively and scholarly publication ends with a pioneering catalogue raisonne documenting all of the sculptor's known works, each illustrated with a black and white image. Bookseller Inventory # AAR9788842215561

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Book Description: Umberto Allemandi & Co, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 068929

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Book Description: Umberto Allemandi, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 12.25x8.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __8842215562

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Book Description: 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 218mm x 25mm x 310mm. 303 pages. 1.678. Bookseller Inventory # 9788842215561

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Book Description: 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 218mm x 25mm x 310mm. 303 pages. 1.678. Bookseller Inventory # 9788842215561

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Book Description: Umberto Allemandi, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 304 pages. Description: "A rediscovery of the eighteenth-century sculptor Francesco Bertos by the eminent British art historian, Charles Avery, a specialist in European - and particularly Italian - sculpture. Bertos lived and died near Padua, Italy, and specialized in producing eye-catching, sometimes rather bizarre, mythological, allegorical and religious groups in marble or bronze. The art of Bertos is characterized by a constant search for dynamic movement, in a similar vein to contemporary paintings by Tiepolo and others, especially their tumbling groups of figures in airy trompe l'oeil ceilings. Indeed, many of the figures in Bertos's sculptural groups seem to fly and he was even summoned before the Inquisition to account for his preternatural skills in carving. Richly illustrated with almost a hundred color and almost three hundred black and white photographs, the essays reveal his noble patrons in the Veneto, along with the royal family in Turin and Peter the Great in Russia, delve into his sources of inspiration, attempt to clarify his complex iconography, illustrate his daring techniques, introduce Fasolato, a sculptor follower of Bertos, and track Bertos's fortune in British and American collecting in the twentieth century. Appendixes list Bertos's various signatures and the locations where his works can be found, as well as a chronological summary of his documented career. This lively and scholarly publication ends with a pioneering catalogue raisonné documenting all of the sculptor's known works, each illustrated with a black and white image." [Catalogue Raisonne, Catalog Raisonné, Complete Works, Life and Work, Catalogo Ragionato, Catalogo delle Opere, L'Opera Completa, Raisonnee]. Bookseller Inventory # 92056

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