Pollaiuolo, Antonio

Japanese: ポライウオロ（英語表記）Pollaiuolo， Antonio

[Born] 1429/1430
[Died] 1498
Italian Florentine goldsmith, sculptor, and painter. He was a pupil of Donatello and Castagno, and was also strongly influenced by Baldobinetti. He started out as a goldsmith, later studying bronze sculpture, and began painting with his brother Piero (1443-98) around 1460. His paintings were initially in the style of engraved lines, influenced by Castagno, but around the time he painted the mural "Dancing Nude" at the Gallina Villa, he began to show an interest in human anatomy and ancient art. In his later works "Hercules Fighting Antaeus" (Uffizi Gallery) and "Hercules Fighting the Hydra" (same gallery), he made full use of his deep knowledge of anatomy to realistically depict intense movements and complex poses. He also had the graceful depiction of poses, as in "David" (State Gallery, Berlin), and the refined line technique of "Woman in Profile" (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan). He also often depicted landscapes that were fresh and realistic, as seen in the backgrounds of "The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian" (National Gallery, London) and "Apollo and Daphne" (same museum). In sculpture, he produced naturalistic works such as "Hercules Combating Antaeus" (National Gallery, Bargello), and in Rome, he created the tombs of Pope Sixtus IV and Pope Innocent VIII, with the participation of his brother Piero, which opened up new horizons in the composition of tombstones with their extraordinary diversity of bronze techniques.

Pollaiuolo
Pollaiuolo, Piero

Born: Around 1443, Florence
Died in 1496. Italian painter from Rome. Brother of the sculptor Antonio, thought to have been a pupil of A. Baldobinetti. His works include the Coronation of the Virgin (1483) in the Basilica of Sant'Agostino in San Gimignano, and the Allegory of the Seven Virtues (69-90) in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

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[生]1429/1430
[没]1498
イタリア，フィレンツェ派の金工家，彫刻家，画家。ドナテロとカスターニョの弟子で，バルドビネッティの影響も強い。金工家として出発し，のち青銅彫刻を学び，1460年頃から弟ピエロ (1443～98) とともに絵画活動も始める。絵は，初めカスターニョの影響による印刻的な線描表現をしていたが，ガリーナ・ビラの壁画『踊る裸人』を描いた頃から，人体に対する解剖学的関心と古代芸術への興味を示しはじめ，その後の『アンタイオスと戦うヘラクレス』 (ウフィツィ美術館) ，と『ヒドラと戦うヘラクレス』 (同) では，深い解剖学知識を駆使して激しい動きと複雑な姿態を迫真的に描写。『ダビデ』 (ベルリン国立美術館) のような優雅な姿態描出や『婦人横顔像』 (ミラノ，ポルディ・ペッツォーリ美術館) の洗練された線の手法も持合せていた。さらに，『聖セバスチアヌスの殉教』 (ロンドン，ナショナル・ギャラリー) ，『アポロンとダフネ』 (同) の背景にみられるように，自然の実感に即した新鮮な風景描写もよくした。彫刻においても，『アンタイオスと戦うヘラクレス』 (バルジェロ国立美術館) のような自然主義的作品があるが，さらにローマで，弟ピエロも参加して制作した教皇シクスツス4世とインノケンチウス8世の両墓碑は，青銅技術の非常な多様性で墓碑構成に新境地を開いた。