Jacopo della quercia biography

          Unfinished cathedral in italy.

          Donato di niccolò di betto bardi artworks

        1. Donato di niccolò di betto bardi artworks
        2. Della robbia art
        3. Unfinished cathedral in italy
        4. Florentine sculptor
        5. The greatest sculptor of the Sienese school, the son of an undistinguished goldsmith and woodcarver, Piero di Angelo (Quercia, from which he takes his name, is.

          6. Jacopo della Quercia (c.1374-1438)

           

          Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto

          Della Quercia's earliest surviving work is traditionally considered to be the marble Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto, the second wife of Paolo Guinigi, the ruler of Lucca, (Lucca Cathedral, 1406).

          The graceful effigy on top of the sarcophagus is portrayed in the northern Gothic manner reminiscent of the Flemish sculptor Claus Sluter (c.1340-1406), but the nude putti around the sides of the tomb, are indications of the coming Renaissance style.

          Della Quercia also worked in Pisa at this time, where he would have studied the extensive collection of Roman sculptures in the Camposanto. This knowledge goes some way towards explaining his gradual move from the Gothic style to that of the Italian Renaissance.

          Another factor is the influence of the powerful plastic art of his contemporary Donatello (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi).

          Fonte Gaia

          In 1409, he was commissioned to design a new fountain for the city