"This weighty tome looks at the life and work of the Italian sculptor Giambologna but focuses on the contested bronze. . . . [With] brief but richly illustrated sections on Giambologna’s later work and style. . . . This book is a luxury item, with a handsome format, lavish slipcase, high-quality paper and a characteristically elegant design by Laura Parker. The excellent and abundant new colour photographs by Georg Steinmetzer . . . provide often highly sensuous details of the Rudigier bronze and comparative works by Giambologna."
