Giambologna

{"Id":2674,"Name":"Giambologna","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524-1608)\u003C/strong\u003E [Italian for his real name, \u003Cstrong\u003EJEAN BOLOGNE\u003C/strong\u003E or \u003Cstrong\u003EBOULLONGNE, J.\u003C/strong\u003E], French sculptor, was born at \u003Ca href=\u0022http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douai\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EDouai\u003C/a\u003E in 1524. His early training as a sculptor was conducted at Antwerp, but at the age of twenty-five he went to Italy and he settled in 1553 in Florence, where his best works still remain. His two most celebrated productions are the single bronze figure of \u003Cu\u003EMercury\u003C/u\u003E, poised on one foot, resting on the head of a zephyr, as if in the act of springing into the air (in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.sbas.firenze.it/musei/bargello/barg01.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EBargello\u003C/a\u003E gallery), and the marble group known as the \u003Cu\u003ERape of the Sabines\u003C/u\u003E, which was executed for \u003Ca href=\u0022http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/M/MedicFr.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EFrancesco de Medici\u003C/a\u003E [1541\u0026ndash;1587] and received this name, \u003Ca href=\u0022http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Lanzi\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003E[Luigi] Lanzi\u003C/a\u003E [1732-1810] informs us, after it was finished. It is now in the Loggia de Lanzi of the ducal piazza. Giovanni was also employed at Genoa, where he executed various excellent works, chiefly in bronze. Most of his pieces are characterized by great spirit and elegance. His great fountain at \u003Ca href=\u0022http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EBologna\u003C/a\u003E (1563-1567) is remarkable for beauty of proportion.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ENoteworthy also are his two fountains in the Boboli gardens, one completed in 1576 and the other in 1585. He also cast the fine bronze equestrian statue of \u003Ca href=\u0022http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_I_de%27_Medici\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ECosimo de Medici\u003C/a\u003E [1519-1574] at Florence and the very richly decorated west door of Pisa cathedral. One of Bologna\u0027s best works, a group of two nude figures fighting, is now lost. A fine copy in lead was at one time in the front quadrangle of \u003Ca href=\u0022http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasenose_College\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EBrasenose College\u003C/a\u003E, Oxford. In 1881 it was sold for old lead by the principal and fellows of the college, and was melted down by the plumber who bought it.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESee \u003Cu\u003ELa Vie et l\u0027oeuvre de Jean Bologne, par Abel Des jardins, d\u0027apr\u0026eacute;s les manuscrits recueillis par Foucques de Vagnonville\u003C/u\u003E (1883, numerous illustrations; list of works).\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://80.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BO/BOLOGNA_GIOVANNI_DA.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E; additional information may be found in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02641a.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ECatholic Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giambologna\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EWikipedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":23}