Nanni di Banco
| Nanni di Bamco | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1385 |
| Died | 1421 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Sculptor |
| Movement | Italian Renaissance |
Quattro Santi Coronati, around 1408-15. Florence
Nanni d'Antonio di Banco (c. 1384 – 1421) was an Italian sculptor from Florence.
A contemporary of Donatello and Lorenzo Ghiberti, Nanni was a sculptor in fifteenth-century Florence.[1] He is well known for his sculpture group Four Crowned Martyrs (Quattro Santi Coronati) (1412–15) which was commissioned by the stone carvers and wood workers guild for the Church of Orsanmichele.[2] The significance of this work is not only the striking naturalism and individuality of the figures, but also the complexity of construction of a sculpture group.
Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Nanni di Banco in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.
Main works
- St. Luke (1408) - Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
- Quattro Santi Coronati (Four Saints) (1408–15) - Orsanmichele, Florence
- Assumption of the Virgin (1414–21) - Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
References
- ↑ Hartt, Frederick (1994). History of Italian Renaissance art: painting, sculpture, architecture (4th ed.). Englewood Cliff, N.J.: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13--393380-6.
- ↑ Turner, Richard (2005). Renaissance Florence : the invention of a new art. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-134401-3.
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Orsanmichele Santa maria del fiore Fifteenth Century
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