Grinling Gibbons in context: the vitality of English seventeenth-century sculptural production

IF 0.3 3区 艺术学 0 ART Sculpture Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI:10.3828/SJ.2020.29.3.4
C. Davis
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Since the beginning of the twentieth century there has been a small but significant number of studies dedicated to Grinling Gibbons. In the mid-century Gibbons’s establishment in the broader public consciousness can be traced in the emergence of children’s books and school plays that mythologized his life and career. Yet all publications, both scholarly and juvenile, are united in their presentation of Gibbons as the only sculptor of significance to have emerged in late seventeenth-century England. I argue that this is an inaccurate portrayal of the period, and one that was not shared by his contemporaries. By contextualizing Gibbons among his predecessors, collaborators and competitors, the specific nature of Gibbons’s sculptural contribution can be more accurately placed. Such an analysis further provides a perspective from which we can understand more fully the ways in which sculpture mattered to a seventeenth-century audience.
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语境中的吉本斯:十七世纪英国雕塑作品的生命力
自二十世纪初以来,有少量但数量可观的研究致力于研磨长臂猿。世纪中期,吉本斯在更广泛的公众意识中的地位可以追溯到儿童书籍和学校戏剧的出现,这些书籍和戏剧将他的生活和职业神话化。然而,所有的出版物,无论是学术出版物还是青少年出版物,都将吉本斯描述为17世纪末英国出现的唯一一位重要雕塑家。我认为这是对那个时期的不准确描述,他的同时代人并不认同。通过将吉本斯与他的前任、合作者和竞争对手联系起来,可以更准确地定位吉本斯雕塑贡献的具体性质。这样的分析进一步提供了一个视角,从这个视角我们可以更全面地理解雕塑对17世纪观众的重要性。
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