Leone Leoni and the Status of the Artist at the End of the Renaissance |
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| Author:
| Dio, Kelley Helmstutler Di |
| Series title: | Visual Culture in Early Modernity Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-6234-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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Through extensive archival research, Di Dio sheds new light on the background and character of Renaissance artist Leone Leoni, as well as on unknown aspects of his career, his social position in Milan, and the contents of his impressive art collection. Di Dio has collected and analyzed a sizeable body of unpublished material that, along with contemporary accounts, fleshes out Leoni's multiple roles as imperial sculptor, aristocrat, scholar, and criminal.
Through extensive archival research, Di Dio sheds new light on the background and character of Renaissance artist Leone Leoni, as well as on unknown aspects of his career, his social position in Milan, and the contents of his impressive art collection. Di Dio has collected and analyzed a sizeable body of unpublished material that, along with contemporary accounts, fleshes out Leoni's multiple roles as imperial sculptor, aristocrat, scholar, and criminal.