{"product_id":"the-modeller-adriaen-de-vries-in-search-of-the-viva-figura-9789004737327","title":"The Modeller: Adriaen de Vries in Search of the Viva Figura","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frits Scholten\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Techniques - Sculpting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In these days the most famous modeller\" this is how the Dutch sculptor Adriaen de Vries (1556-1626) was characterised in 1621. A virtuoso modeller, De Vries explored new ways to enliven his art. His bronze sculptures were made in a radically new, sketchy style, with free figure compositions and a vigorous treatment of human anatomy, often balancing on the border between realism and distortion. \u003cbr\u003e This book explores how and why a Late-Renaissance sculptor broke so drastically with the prevailing stylistic paradigm of his time, in search of \u003ci\u003evivezza\u003c\/i\u003e, natural liveliness, and the \u003ci\u003eviva figura\u003c\/i\u003e, the statue on the brink of coming to life. Adriaen de Vries aimed to create sculptures that move in the metaphorical no-man's land between death and life, back and forth from inert bronze to apparent vitality, as this study will argue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46438490407063,"sku":"9789004737327","price":16261.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004737327.webp?v=1769107645","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-modeller-adriaen-de-vries-in-search-of-the-viva-figura-9789004737327","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}