David By the Hand of Michaelangelo: The Original Model Discovered

Frederick Hartt, Illustrated by David Finn (Sculpture Photography)

ISBN 10: 0500235031 / ISBN 13: 9780500235034

Published by London: Thames & Hudson, 1987, London, 1987

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Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First UK Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 144 pages. 95 illustrations, 35 in colour. Dust-jacket in protective plastic wraps. Bookplate.

Seller Inventory # 001435

Bibliographic Details

• Title: David By the Hand of Michaelangelo: The Original Model Discovered
• Publisher: London: Thames & Hudson, 1987, London
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500235031
• ISBN 13: 9780500235034
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: David Finn (Sculpture Photography)
• Edition: First UK Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

David, by the Hand of Michelangelo: The Original Model Discovered

From Library Journal

This is an immaculately produced monograph on a small stucco model that Hartt, a noted authority on Michelangelo, argues is the original model made by the artist for his colossal marble David of 1501-1504 in Florence. The case is not airtight but strong; Hartt summons up a lifetime of looking at Italian art, focusing his knowledge and the indefinable essence of connoisseurship on the 6-inch fragment in a personal, readable text. The photographs of the object by David Finn are excellent, as are the comparative plates. A book about Michelangelo, but also about seeing itself. Recommended. Jack Perry Brown, Ryerson & Burnham Lib., Art Institute of Chicago
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