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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Pollaiolo, Antonio del Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: about 1432 - 1498 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Antonio Pollaiuolo Title: The Battle of the Nudes View: front Creation Start Date: 1460 Creation End Date: 1480 Creation Date: about 1470 Object Type: Prints Materials and Techniques: engraving Dimensions: H.30-7/8 x W.22-1/2 in. AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ID Number: P.68.246 Credit Line: Bequest of Herschel V. Jones Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html Context: Pollaiuolo was a renowned Florentine painter, sculptor, goldsmith and printmaker. He was the first major Italian artist to sign a print: Opus Antonii Pollaioli Florentini (the work of Antonio Pollaiuolo, the Florentine). Its scale and expressive power was unprecedented in Italian printmaking. Only about 45 impressions have survived. The theme of the engraving is enigmatic. It may well be an ancient gladiatorial combat staged as a funerary rite in honor of a deceased nobleman. The coarse corn (saggina), depicted in the background, was the staple of a gladiator's diet along with wine and olive oil. The actual subject of Pollaiuolo's engraving is the depiction of the human anatomy-the prime concern of Italian Renaissance art. Although Pollaiuolo witnessed the dissection of corpses, the relationship of the muscles is inaccurate and the rendering of the figures is stiff. Nevertheless, the conception of the nude as the subject of an engraving is a milestone in 15th century Italian art and a bridge to the complete mastery of anatomical form in the 16th century by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. AMICA ID: MIA_.P.68.246 Measurement Unit: in AMICA Library Year: 1999 Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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