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1400s, 15th Century, Andrea del Verrocchio, art, Artists, Florence, Italy, Renaissance, Sculptors, Sculptures
Apologies for the lack of posting but I’ve been ill this last week and haven’t felt up to doing anything. Still in bed but starting to feel a bit better so thought I’d roll out a post while I’m not half asleep!
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Name: Andrea del Verrocchio
Work: Sculptor and Painter
Born: 1435
Died: 1488
Hometown: Florence, Italy
Period: Renaissance
Influences: Filippo Lippi
What I have learnt about his work:
Verrocchio was a very important sculptor and painter of 15th Century Italian Renaissance, and his work ranked after Donatello. He became most prominent after Donatello’s death in 1466, after which the Medici family (the most powerful family and art patrons in Florence) turned to favour Verrocchio’s work. He had amazing technical ability to accurately depict realistic movement and emotion. He created freestanding statues in which all views are equally significant, showing great compositional ability.
Bartolomeo Colleoni, Andrea Verrocchio – bronze
~1483-1488
Florence
This equestrian statue is considered Verroccio’s masterpiece, and shows Verrocchio’s great technical skill in his ability to capture the commanding strength and movement of the horse and rider. It’s energy and movement contrasts with Donatello’s equestrian statue of Gattamelata which has a more serene sense of power, but both are considered the main influence of all later equestrian sculptures of the Renaissance.
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