{"product_id":"the-modeller-frits-scholten-9789004737327","title":"The Modeller: Adriaen de Vries in Search of the Viva Figura","description":"\"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frits Scholten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004737324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004737327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Frits Scholten","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47427672342783,"sku":"9789004737327","price":158.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a9bbf2d-542e-44f6-b780-f5d583ff983e.jpg?v=1761580868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-modeller-frits-scholten-9789004737327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}