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The Fountain, the Villa, the Family, and Donatello's Bronze Judith

Bougher, Heather A.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0070-2905
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1429617906

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2015, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Art History (Fine Arts).
This thesis reconsiders Donatello’s bronze Judith and Holofernes, now situated in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, by focusing on issues concerning its original function, patronage, and placement. I propose that the statue may have been conceived to operate as a fountain, located on one of the Medici villa estates. My study investigates early Renaissance fountain imagery and placement as precedents for Donatello’s statue, which visually and iconographically has links to the provision of water, to the idea of the countryside, and to the Medici family and Florence.
Marilyn Bradshaw (Advisor)
Barbara Bays (Committee Member)
Jody Lamb (Committee Member)
186 p.
Art History
Donatello; Medici; Fountain; Villa; Garden; Padua; Florence; Venice

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  • Bougher, H. A. (2015). The Fountain, the Villa, the Family, and Donatello's Bronze Judith [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1429617906

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bougher, Heather. The Fountain, the Villa, the Family, and Donatello's Bronze Judith. 2015. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1429617906.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bougher, Heather. "The Fountain, the Villa, the Family, and Donatello's Bronze Judith." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1429617906

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