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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Il nudo maschile nella statuaria di Bartolommeo Brandini

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Few artists have been as reviled by their peers as "Baccio Bandinelli", the artistic name of Bartolommeo Brandini-Bandinelli.

Megalomania, greed, social climbing—these were his most conspicuous characteristics, they say.

For Brandini-Bandinelli, wealth, nobility, and literary prowess were ways of proving that a 'modelator' was more than a mere craftsman.

Unfortunately, rather than concentrating on creating his best art, the talented modelator squandered his time and gifts scheming to receive every commission offered by the Medici, then often spent inadequate time executing them.
Study of Two Men

Baccio Bandinelli's Study of Two Men
Brandini's father, a prominent Florentine goldsmith, was his most influential teacher, exposing him to Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and statues.

Brandini studied both ANCIENT and contemporary sculpture, but most of all he studied Michelangelo, becoming first his imitator, then his rival.

Brandini's greatest talent was "disegno", that combination of design and drawing underlying Italian Renaissance art.

He was also a gifted teacher.

He founded one of the earliest academies at the Villa del Belvedere on the Vatican hill in Rome in 1531 and created another in Florence around 1550.
Hercules and Cacus

Baccio Bandinelli's Hercules and Cacus

Hercules and Cacus:

 This 16th century sculpture of the legendary hero Hercules by Baccio Bandinelli was displayed in the town center of Florence, Piazza della Signoria, as one in a series of mythical scenes which celebrated the city's major historical events. His heroism was viewed as analogous to the dignity and pride of Florentines during their age of dominance in the Renaissance.

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