Baccio bandinelli biography sample

 

Mature Sculpture

In 1554, Bandinelli started work on his Pieta (1554-59, SS. Annunziata, Florence).

Vasari relates that when Bandinelli heard Michelangelo was carving a Pieta for his tomb, he immediately began to plan his own. He finished the work just before his death six years later.

Baccio bandinelli biography sample pdf

Like Michelangelo's version, Bandinelli's Pieta includes an idealised self-portrait of Christ being supported by Joseph of Arimathea or Nicodemus. Many however considered Bandinelli's Christ too muscular and strangely portioned.

The amount of marble carved out of the block is astounding yet this 'anti-Michelangelesque' practice would become an artistic trend in future years.

Note About Art Appreciation
To learn how to judge plastic artists like the High Renaissance sculptor Baccio Bandinelli, see: How to Appreciate Sculpture.

For later works, please see: How to Appreciate Modern Sculpture.

Florentine Mannerists

Bandinelli became leader of