Victoria Avery (BA, MA, PhD, University of Cambridge) has been Keeper of Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, since 2010, prior to which she was Associate Professor in the History of Art Department, University of Warwick (2005 -10). She has researched, lectured and published extensively on Italian Renaissance sculpture, most recently co-authoring with Paul Joannides, A Michelangelo Discovery (2015). She published on various aspects of the applied arts, including the co-authored Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition catalogue, Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (PWP, 2015).

• AcknowledgementsForewordPreambleIntroductionVisual Evidence1. Brazen DefianceYoung Michelangelo, Bronze and the David for France – Victoria Avery2. Commission ImpossibleMichelangelo’s Bronze Julius II for Bologna – Victoria Avery3. Divine Pipe DreamsMature Michelangelo and the Mastery of Metal – Victoria Avery4. The God of DesignMichelangelo and the Decorative Arts – Timothy Clifford5. Secular Popes, Pagan TimesThe Golden Age and Michelangelo’s Rothschild Bronzes – Cyril Humphris6. An Anatomical ‘Whodunnit’Dissecting the Rothschild Bronzes – Julia C. Ruston and Peter H. Abrahams7. The Science of ArtTechnical Considerations of the Rothschild Bronzes – Arie Pappot with Robert van Langh8. The Sculptor at WorkRecreating the Rothschild Bronzes – Andrew Lacey9. What a Ride!Brilliant Balance and the Beasts of the Rothschild Bronzes – Faya Causey10. Duality in Art and AnatomyMen and Animals: Youth and Old Age in Leonardo and Michelangelo – Domenico Laurenza11. Sources and InfluencesMichelangelo and Rustici – Paul Joannides12. Tyrants and LoversSubject and Meaning: the Rothschild Bronzes – Meg Galindo and William E. Wallace13. In Search of a PatronThe Rothschild Bronzes and the Case of the Missing Patron – Martin Gayford14. Noble MindsAdolphe and Julie de Rothschild: The First Owners of the Rothschild Bronzes and their Collection - Dimitrios Zikos15. News Travels FarThe Reception of the Rothschild Bronzes – Morlin Ellis16. The CatalystA Brief Narrative in the First Person – Paul JoannidesNotesImage CreditsBibliographyContributorsIndex

This lavishly illustrated and scholarly book is ... fascinating reading.

Victoria Avery (BA, MA, PhD, University of Cambridge) has been Keeper of Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, since 2010, prior to which she was Associate Professor in the History of Art Department, University of Warwick (2005 -10). She has researched, lectured and published extensively on Italian Renaissance sculpture, most recently co-authoring with Paul Joannides, A Michelangelo Discovery (2015). She published on various aspects of the applied arts, including the co-authored Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition catalogue, Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (PWP, 2015).

• AcknowledgementsForewordPreambleIntroductionVisual Evidence1. Brazen DefianceYoung Michelangelo, Bronze and the David for France – Victoria Avery2. Commission ImpossibleMichelangelo’s Bronze Julius II for Bologna – Victoria Avery3. Divine Pipe DreamsMature Michelangelo and the Mastery of Metal – Victoria Avery4. The God of DesignMichelangelo and the Decorative Arts – Timothy Clifford5. Secular Popes, Pagan TimesThe Golden Age and Michelangelo’s Rothschild Bronzes – Cyril Humphris6. An Anatomical ‘Whodunnit’Dissecting the Rothschild Bronzes – Julia C. Ruston and Peter H. Abrahams7. The Science of ArtTechnical Considerations of the Rothschild Bronzes – Arie Pappot with Robert van Langh8. The Sculptor at WorkRecreating the Rothschild Bronzes – Andrew Lacey9. What a Ride!Brilliant Balance and the Beasts of the Rothschild Bronzes – Faya Causey10. Duality in Art and AnatomyMen and Animals: Youth and Old Age in Leonardo and Michelangelo – Domenico Laurenza11. Sources and InfluencesMichelangelo and Rustici – Paul Joannides12. Tyrants and LoversSubject and Meaning: the Rothschild Bronzes – Meg Galindo and William E. Wallace13. In Search of a PatronThe Rothschild Bronzes and the Case of the Missing Patron – Martin Gayford14. Noble MindsAdolphe and Julie de Rothschild: The First Owners of the Rothschild Bronzes and their Collection - Dimitrios Zikos15. News Travels FarThe Reception of the Rothschild Bronzes – Morlin Ellis16. The CatalystA Brief Narrative in the First Person – Paul JoannidesNotesImage CreditsBibliographyContributorsIndex

This lavishly illustrated and scholarly book is ... fascinating reading.

Victoria Avery (BA, MA, PhD, University of Cambridge) has been Keeper of Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, since 2010, prior to which she was Associate Professor in the History of Art Department, University of Warwick (2005 -10). She has researched, lectured and published extensively on Italian Renaissance sculpture, most recently co-authoring with Paul Joannides, A Michelangelo Discovery (2015). She published on various aspects of the applied arts, including the co-authored Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition catalogue, Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (PWP, 2015).

• AcknowledgementsForewordPreambleIntroductionVisual Evidence1. Brazen DefianceYoung Michelangelo, Bronze and the David for France – Victoria Avery2. Commission ImpossibleMichelangelo’s Bronze Julius II for Bologna – Victoria Avery3. Divine Pipe DreamsMature Michelangelo and the Mastery of Metal – Victoria Avery4. The God of DesignMichelangelo and the Decorative Arts – Timothy Clifford5. Secular Popes, Pagan TimesThe Golden Age and Michelangelo’s Rothschild Bronzes – Cyril Humphris6. An Anatomical ‘Whodunnit’Dissecting the Rothschild Bronzes – Julia C. Ruston and Peter H. Abrahams7. The Science of ArtTechnical Considerations of the Rothschild Bronzes – Arie Pappot with Robert van Langh8. The Sculptor at WorkRecreating the Rothschild Bronzes – Andrew Lacey9. What a Ride!Brilliant Balance and the Beasts of the Rothschild Bronzes – Faya Causey10. Duality in Art and AnatomyMen and Animals: Youth and Old Age in Leonardo and Michelangelo – Domenico Laurenza11. Sources and InfluencesMichelangelo and Rustici – Paul Joannides12. Tyrants and LoversSubject and Meaning: the Rothschild Bronzes – Meg Galindo and William E. Wallace13. In Search of a PatronThe Rothschild Bronzes and the Case of the Missing Patron – Martin Gayford14. Noble MindsAdolphe and Julie de Rothschild: The First Owners of the Rothschild Bronzes and their Collection - Dimitrios Zikos15. News Travels FarThe Reception of the Rothschild Bronzes – Morlin Ellis16. The CatalystA Brief Narrative in the First Person – Paul JoannidesNotesImage CreditsBibliographyContributorsIndex

This lavishly illustrated and scholarly book is ... fascinating reading.