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Figural and non-figural supports are a ubiquitous feature of Roman marble sculpture; they appear in sculptures ranging in size from miniature to colossal and of all levels of quality. At odds with modern ideas about beauty, completeness, and visual congruence, these elements, especially non-figural struts, have been dismissed by scholars as mere safeguards for production and transport. However, close examination of these features reveals the tastes and expectations of those who commissioned, bought, and displayed marble sculptures throughout the Mediterranean in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Drawing on a large body of examples, Greek and Latin literary sources, and modern theories of visual culture, this study constitutes the first comprehensive investigation of non-figural supports in Roman sculpture. The book overturns previous conceptions of Roman visual values and traditions and challenges our understanding of the Roman reception of Greek art.

Marble sculpture, Roman. --- Struts (Stone carving) --- Stone carving --- Roman marble sculpture

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In Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century Eloisa Dodero aims at documenting the history of numerous private collections formed in Naples during the 18th century, with particular concern for the “Neapolitan marbles” and the circumstances of their dispersal. Research has thus made it possible to formulate a synthesis of the collecting dynamics of Naples in the 18th century, to define the interest of the great European collectors, especially British, in the antiquities of the city and its territory and to draw up a catalogue which for the first time brings together the nucleus of sculptures reported in the Neapolitan collections or coming from irregular excavations, most of which shared the destiny of dispersal, in some cases here traced in definitive fashion.

Marble sculpture, Classical --- Sculpture --- Antiquities --- Marble sculpture, Classical --- Private collections --- Collectors and collecting --- History --- Collectors and collecting --- History --- Naples (Italy) --- Antiquities

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"Marble is one of the great veins through the architectural tradition and fundamental building block of the Mediterranean world, from the Parthenon of mid-fifth century Athens, which was constructed of pentelic marble, to Justinian's Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and the Renaissance and Baroque basilica of St. Peter's in the Vatican. Scholarship has done much in recent years to reveal the ways and means of marble. The use of colored marbles in Roman imperial architecture has recently been the subject of a major exhibition and the medieval traditions of marble working have been studied in the context of family genealogies and social networks. In addition, architectural historians have revealed the meanings evoked by marble revetted and paved surfaces, from Heavenly Jerusalem to frozen water. The present volume builds upon the body of recent and emerging research - from antiquity to the present day - to embrace a global focus and addressing the more unusual (or at least unexpected) uses, meanings, and aesthetic appeal of marble. It presents instances where the use of marble has revolutionized architectural practice, suggested new meaning for the built environment, or defined a new aesthetic - moments where this well-known material has been put to radical use."--Provided by publisher.

Building materials. Building technology --- marble [rock] --- architecture [discipline] --- architectural history --- Architecture --- Marble buildings --- History. --- Marble in interior decoration --- Marble sculpture --- History --- 691.2 --- Bouwmaterialen ; marmer --- Beeldhouwkunst ; marmer --- Architectural aesthetics --- Aesthetics, Architectural --- Aesthetics --- Buildings --- Bouwmaterialen ; natuursteen

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At first glance, there may appear to be more to separate Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Bill Viola (b. 1951) than to unite them: one, the great master of the Italian Renaissance; the other, the creator of state-of-the-art immersive sound and video installations. And yet, when Martin Clayton showed Viola Her Majesty The Queen's unsurpassed collection of Michelangelo drawings at Windsor in 2006, parallels began to emerge.0This book presents a new perspective on both artists' works. Stills and sequences from ten key video pieces by Viola are reproduced alongside fourteen of Michelangelo's presentation drawings, as well as the Taddei Tondo, the only Michelangelo marble sculpture in the UK and a treasure of the Royal Academy's collection. Texts by Martin Clayton examine how existential concerns - the preoccupation of many Renaissance artists, not least Michelangelo - are explored in Viola's often profoundly moving video installations, while Kira Perov provides insight into Viola's working processes. Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (26.01.-31.03.2019).

Kunst --- beeldhouwwerken [beeldmateriaal] --- installaties [kunstwerken] --- tekenen --- leven --- reïncarnatie --- videokunst [kunstwerken] --- geluidskunst --- Viola, Bill --- Video installations (Art) --- Sound installations (Art) --- Marble sculpture, Italian --- Drawing, Italian --- 778.5.07 --- Videokunst ; installaties ; environments ; Bill Viola --- Viola, Bill °1951 (°New York, Verenigde Staten) --- Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 (° Caprese, Toscanië, Italië) --- Tekeningen ; Italië ; Hoog-Renaissance ; Michelangelo --- Environmental sound installations (Art) --- Sound environments (Art) --- Sound sculpture (Art installations) --- Installations (Art) --- Screen-reliant installations (Art) --- Video art --- Film installations (Art) --- Italian drawing --- Italian marble sculpture --- Videokunstenaars, laserkunstenaars, computerkunstenaars, klank en beeld kunstenaars --- Viola, Bill, --- Michelangelo Buonarroti, --- Michelangelo Buonarroti --- Buonarroti, Michelangelo --- Mikelandzhelo Buonarroti --- Mikelʹ-Andzhelo --- Michael Angelo --- Miguel Angel --- Mīkilānjilū --- Michelangiolo --- Michel-Ange --- Michał Anioł --- Buonarroti, Michel Angelo --- Miguel Angelo --- Michelagniolo Buonarroti --- Buonarroti, Michelagniolo --- Michelangiolo Buonarroti --- Michaelangelo --- Michelagnolo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni --- di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Michelangelo --- Микеланджело Буонарроти --- מיכאל־אנג׳לו בואונארוטי, --- Exhibitions --- Art vidéo --- Sculpture --- Dessin --- Michel-ange --- Art --- sculpture [visual works] --- installations [visual works] --- drawing [image-making] --- life --- reincarnation --- video art --- sound art --- Michelangelo --- life [biological concept] --- dood --- spiritualiteit