Tullio Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture

by Alison Luchs

The great Venetian sculptors of the High Renaissance, led by Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455-1532), explored a poetic and nostalgic approach to classical antiquity in their work. Their expression shares much with Mantegna, Bellini, Giorgione, and Titian in these painters' imaginative evocations of ancient history, mythology, philosophy, and poetry.

Featuring a range of Tullio's work, including his sensuous and dramatic double-portrait reliefs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300156677
• ISBN13: 9780300156676
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 12.5"