Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes w/Dr. Eric Denker FREE
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Please meet the Harvard Club group at the information desk in the East Building of the NGA at 3:30 PM. Also, to preserve the integrity and privacy of our group, it is necessary to wear a name badge which will be given to all of those who registered.
ANTICO:
This exhibition is the first in the United States devoted to the Mantuan sculptor and goldsmith Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico (c. 1455–1528) for his expertise in classical antiquity. Antico also developed and refined the technology for producing bronzes in multiples. His exquisite bronze reductions of ancient Roman sculptures such as the Apollo Belvedere (c. AD 120–140) are enlivened with gilding and silvering. Antico's bronzes are so rare that the nearly 40 works—including medals, reliefs, busts, and the renowned statuettes—constitute more than three quarters of the sculptor's extant oeuvre.
Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in association with the Frick Collection, New York.
Sponsor: The exhibition is made possible by the generous support of Robert H. and Clarice Smith.
It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
The exhibition is on view in the National Gallery's East Building, Ground Floor.
Eric Denker is a Senior Lecturer in the Education Department of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Art History at Georgetown University. Eric's major area of interest is Italian art, specifically Venetian art. With a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Virginia, Eric also lectures regularly at area museums, including the Smithsonian art museums.
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