{"product_id":"medieval-and-renaissance-sculpture-in-the-ashmolean-museum-9781854442314","title":"Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe review of this book in \u003ci\u003eApollo Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e speaks for itself: it describes it as ''essential'' and ''hard to put down'', declaring that ''the reader will be given an education in how to look at and write about works of art''. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ashmolean''s collection of European sculpture is among the finest of its kind in the world. The collection accumulated over four centuries, from the dawn of English Art Collecting through to the Victorian period, which saw the arrival of one of the world''s great collections of Renaissance bronzes and other sculpture assembled by the scholar-connoisseur C.D.E. Fortnum, as well as further gifts and occassional purchases leading up to the present day. The catalogue covers the Ashmolean''s collection dating from 1200 to around 1540. From Romanesque bronzes and Gothic ivories to High Renaissance sculpture, this three-volume set is a meticulous and comprehensive record of over 500 pieces, each one fully illustrated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ashmolean Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888153669975,"sku":"9781854442314","price":296.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/medieval-and-renaissance-sculpture-in-the-ashmolean-museum-9781854442314","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}