Download or read book Bertoldo Di Giovanni, Sculptor of the Medici Household written by James David Draper and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small medals to a monumental palace frieze, all of which present an indelibly Tuscan brand of rustic classicism. Beginning with a survey of Bertoldo's career, James David Draper sheds new light on Medici patronage and on the efforts of Renaissance artists to formulate the period's humanist values in visual terms. He examines in depth the nature of the informally organized "academy" of young artists, including Michelangelo, who are believed to have gathered under.