Arguably the pre-eminent European sculptor of his age, but   historically considered little more than the facile court sculptor to   the grand   dukes of Florence, Giambologna played a major role in the artistic   transformations of the late sixteenth century. Mary Weitzel Gibbons   seeks to   broaden our hitherto limited view of Giambologna's work by considering   his   neglected Genoese masterpiece, the Grimaldi Chapel. Although the chapel   itself   was destroyed during the Napoleonic period, its dazzling bronzes of   Virtues and   angel-putti and a Passion cycle in relief have survived. The fine detail   and   rich color of the bronzes are featured in color plates and black-and-  white   images photographed especially for this book.  Gibbons reassesses Giambologna's work, clearly defining his relation to   the   narrative tradition and his role as an artist of the Catholic   Reformation. Her   new insights into the artist's work will appeal to all those intrigued   by this   turbulent era in Western European history.

Giambologna: Narrator of the Catholic Reformation (California Studies in the History of Art) PDF

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