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Renaissance Sculpture's Classical Roots

Renaissance artists in 15th century Florence found inspiration in Greco-Roman sculptures, sparking innovations in art and design. The exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi highlights how ancient sculptures provided the catalyst for the Renaissance by tracing the classical inspiration behind major Renaissance works through 140 sculptures and paintings. The director of Palazzo Strozzi discusses with an historian how Renaissance artists like Ghiberti, Filippo Lippi, and Donatello recycled and built upon ancient forms and styles.

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Renaissance Sculpture's Classical Roots

Renaissance artists in 15th century Florence found inspiration in Greco-Roman sculptures, sparking innovations in art and design. The exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi highlights how ancient sculptures provided the catalyst for the Renaissance by tracing the classical inspiration behind major Renaissance works through 140 sculptures and paintings. The director of Palazzo Strozzi discusses with an historian how Renaissance artists like Ghiberti, Filippo Lippi, and Donatello recycled and built upon ancient forms and styles.

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The Legacy of Antiquity

at the Dawn of the


Renaissance
written by James Wiener
“Of all the art forms, sculpture was the first to give a
comprehensive and coherent voice to the new formal
Renaissance idiom, the roots of which went back to the
classical world. But it was the coherence of the Renaissance
visual language that made the difference… These were major
works of art, yet when they were cited, it was as fragments,
without a comprehensive and coherent vision.”

Renaissance Florence was the center of a pulsating creativity,


which would redefine the spectrum of Western aesthetics over
the course of two centuries. At the dawn of the Quattrocento,
Florentine artists found inspiration in the sculptures of their
Greco-Roman predecessors. The Springtime of the
Renaissance: Sculpture and the Arts in Florence, 1400-1460,
now on show at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, highlights
how ancient sculptures–in stone or bronze–provided the
catalyst for far-reaching and revolutionary innovations in art
and design. Through the presentation of 140 sculptures and
paintings from major international collections, the exhibition
carefully traces the classical inspiration behind the
Renaissance.
In this exclusive interview, James Blake Wiener of the
Ancient History Encyclopedia speaks to Dr. James
Bradburne, Director General of the Fondazione Palazzo
Strozzi, about this remarkable exhibition, and of how artists
like Ghiberti, Filippo Lippi, and Donatello recycled and
augmented ancient forms and styles.

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