Unearthing the Past Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture

"A final chapter centered on the thoroughly second rate Florentine sculptor and first rate self promoter Baccio Bandinelli provides a surprisingly touching denouement to Barkan's fine sup tale; somehow Bandinelli's genuine professionalism, close family ties, and awareness of his limitations outweigh both the bombast for which he was notorious and the comical pomposity of much of his sculpture."Barkan, Leonard is the author of 'Unearthing the Past Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture', published 2001 under ISBN 9780300089110 and ISBN 0300089112.