Quercia jcahpo della biography of william
Quercia jcahpo della biography of william murphy...
Biography
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 a place near Siena).
Quercia jcahpo della biography of william
He was one of the outstanding figures of his generation in Italian sculpture, alongside Donatello and Ghiberti, but his career is difficult to follow, as he worked in numerous places and sometimes left one commission unfinished while he took up another elsewhere.
Contrary to Vasari's assertions that he led a 'well-ordered life', he seems to have been inveterately dilatory.
He is first firmly documented in 1401, unsuccessfully competing for the commission (won by Ghiberti) for the Baptistery doors in Florence.
His first surviving work is usually considered to be the tomb of Ilaria del Carretto, wife of the ruler of Lucca, Paolo Guinigi (Cathedral, Lucca, c. 1406), which was eulogized by Ruskin. There are Renaissance putti and swags round the sides of the coffin, but the serene and graceful e