Edited by Cammy Brothers and Alessandro Brodini

From Alberti, Filarete and Leonardo da Vinci in the fifteenth century to Vasari and Varchi in the sixteenth, the relation between painting, sculpture and architecture has often been seen through the lens of the paragone, comparatively extolling the virtues of each. However, recent scholarship has begun to acknowledge that the relationship between these endeavors was not only competitive, but also collaborative and overlapping. While some attention has already been directed at the link between painting and architecture, this issueof “Opus Incertum” instead focuses on the multiple strands of connection between architecture and sculpture. Several recent exhibitions, on Bertoldo di Giovanni (Frick Collection, 2019); on Verrocchio (National Gallery of Art, Washington, Palazzo Strozzi and the Bargello, 2019); and on Donatello (Palazzo Strozzi and Victoria and Albert Museum, 2022) also demonstrated the ways in which prominent sculptors contributed to architectural ideas, and the shared ornamental vocabulary between the arts. Beyond these suggestions, the volume hopes to include a broad geographical panorama from across Europe, and a chronological range from the late middle ages through the seventeenth century.

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