Italian Medieval Sculpture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters Lisbeth Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Jack Soultanian

This important volume offers a complete overview of the Metropolitan Museum's collection of sculpture in varied media from all parts of Italy, ranging in date from the 9th to the 16th century. In 60 entries, the authors provide thorough descriptions, as well as in-depth art-historical and technical analyses of each sculpture, including later works in the medieval style. The catalogue gives a history of the collection and a full bibliography; it also features more than - 175 colour and 100 black-and-white photographs, as well as 22 watercolour renderings.

Lisbeth Castelnuovo-Tedesco is Senior Research Consultant, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jack Soultanian is a Conservator in the Department of Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as Adjunct Faculty at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra, Florence.