TY - BOOK AU - Buonanno,Lorenzo G. TI - The Performance of Sculpture in Renaissance Venice T2 - Routledge Research in Art History SN - 9780429320613 U1 - 730.945/31 PY - 2022/// CY - [Place of publication not identified] PB - Routledge KW - Sculpture, Italian KW - Italy KW - Venice KW - Art, Renaissance KW - ART / History / Renaissance KW - bisacsh KW - ART / Sculpture N1 - Introduction 1. Stone Mediators 2. Dreamworlds and Studioli: Sculptures for the Imagination 3. Making and Breaking 4. Signed in Stone N2 - This study reveals the broad material, devotional, and cultural implications of sculpture in Renaissance Venice. Examining a wide range of sources⁰́₄the era⁰́₉s art-theoretical and devotional literature, guidebooks and travel diaries, and artworks in various media⁰́₄Lorenzo Buonanno recovers the sculptural values permeating a city most famous for its painting. The book traces the interconnected phenomena of audience response, display and thematization of sculptural bravura, and artistic self-fashioning. It will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Renaissance history, early modern art and architecture, material culture, and Italian studies UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429320613 ER -