03 — ARTWORK
St George
ROCCATAGLIATA, Nicolò · 1593 →
- MEDIUM
- Bronze, height 60 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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Roccatagliata's known activity is confined to Venice. He is first documented here on 31 January 1593, when he was commissioned to make the bronzeAn alloy of copper (usually about 90 per cent) and tin, often also containing small amounts of other metals such as lead or zinc. Since antiquity it has been the metal most commonly used in cast sculpture because of its strength, durability, and the fact that it is easily workable - both hot and cold - by a variety of processes. It is easier to cast than copper because it has a lower melting-point, and its great tensile strength makes possible the protrusion of unsupported parts - an advantage over marble sculpture. The colour of bronze is affected by the proportion of tin or other metals present, varying from silverish to a rich, coppery red, and its surface beauty can be enhanced when it acquires a patina. statuettes of St George and St Stephen, still on the entrance to the balustradeA rail supported by a row of small posts or open-work panels. across the choirthe part of a church interior, usually raised and set apart from the rest of the church, reserved for the clergy to pray together, or for choral singing. Since Carolingian times, "choir" has been the word for the part of the central nave of the church extending over the crossing (the place where nave and transept intersect), and including the apse (a niche in the wall, roofed with a half dome) that often stands at the end of this area. of San Giorgio Maggiore. This church was the centre of the artist's activity in the 1590s: twenty-two sconces in the form of putti were commissioned in 1594, another six in 1595, and two large candelabraA large, usually decorated, candlestick, usually with several branches or arms., cast by Cesare Groppo (active c. 1596) and Giovanni Alberghetti (active c. 1600) in 1598.
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title = {St George by ROCCATAGLIATA, Nicolò},
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