Author: Janson, H.W.
Title: The Sculpture of Donatello (One-Volume Edition)
Description: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1963. Hardbound. Blue cloth boards. Blue illustrated DJ. xix + 260 pp. 316 bw illustrations on 128 plates. Incorporates the notes and photographs of the late Jeno Lanyi. This body of work makes possible for the first time the new approach to Donatello envisaged by Lanyi: a redefinition of the master's oeuvre on the basis of the most rigorous critical standards. The aim of the book, Dr. Janson writes, is "to lay the foundations for future research by means of a thorough critical apparatus designed to establish as firmly as possible the 'original text' of Donatello's oeuvre." Accordingly, the text of the critical catalogue provides for every work a complete summary of the current state of scholarship and a detailed analysis of problems of style and iconography. There is also a catalogue of the more important among rejected attributions, illustrated for comparison with authentic pieces. Quite apart from its importance to scholars, this publication will provide rich enjoyment for all art lovers in its feast of illustrations. Reworking of the original two-volume edition from 1957. VG, no dj ex lib with no external markings solid and never checked-out.

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