In Florence, the unique Renaissance artist was commissioned by Duke Cosimo de Medici to create the famous bronze statue of Perseus for the Loggia dei Lanzi, the shining pinnacle of Florentine sculpture at the time. The allegorical statue of Liberty was intended to symbolise the heroic victory over dark forces achieved with divine assistance. At the time, such triumphs were best symbolised with severed heads. Original: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Bronze. Circa 1550. polymer ars mundi museum replica cast by hand with bronzed surface. Total height 72 cm.
The Madonna as a young patrician woman in Florentine costume, intimately turned towards the boy Jesus, solemnly embodies the feminine ideal of an era on the threshold of the modern age. Original: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Italy, 15th century, after a bas-relief attributed to Desiderio da Settignano (c. 1430-1464), marble. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, moulded by hand. With suspension device. Size 27 x 16.5 cm.
The flying Mercury carried by a jet of wind in the Uffizi in Florence is one of da Bologna's major works. Bologna created this small version as a model for the monumental work.original: Bronze, Musée du Louvre, Paris.ars mundi museum replica as a metal casting with fine patina on a polymer base. Total height 22 cm.
At ars mundi, we are able to present one of the most beautiful works by Giovanni da Bologna as an authentic museum replica. Giambologna depicts Venus, the goddess of love, with richly waved hair and transfigures the act of drying herself into an almost cultic ritual. The delicate, magnificent statuette is a preliminary study for the famous sculpture in the Boboli Gardens, Florence: Bronze, Kestner Museum Hanover. ars mundi museum replica, cast by hand as a metal casting with a fine patina on a polymer base, total height 29 cm.
The lion seems to stride majestically down from its pedestal - an unrivalled showpiece full of dynamic vitality. Giambologna, Florence, 16th century. Commissioned work for the House of Medici. Original: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Edition in fine bronze, cast using the lost wax technique. Height with base 20 cm.
The lion seems to stride majestically down from its pedestal - an unrivalled showpiece full of dynamic vitality. Giambologna, Florence, 16th century. Commissioned work for the House of Medici. Original: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Edition in polymer artificial bronze with hand-bronzed surface. Height with base 20 cm.
Full of power and grace - a virtuoso masterpiece by one of the leading and most influential sculptors of Mannerism: Giovanni da Bologna, court artist to Duke Cosimo I de Medici. Late Renaissance, 16th century Original: Liechtenstein, Princely Collection. Edition in fine bronze. Cast by hand using the lost wax technique, chiselled, polished and patinated. Height with marble base 24 cm. Length 26 cm.
Full of power and grace - a virtuoso masterpiece by one of the leading and most influential sculptors of Mannerism: Giovanni da Bologna, court artist to Duke Cosimo I de Medici. Late Renaissance, 16th century Original: Liechtenstein, Princely Collection Polymer ars mundi museum replica, cast by hand, with bronzed surface. Height with marble base 26 cm. Length 22 cm.
In 1509, Jakob Fugger also donated the Fugger Chapel in St Anne's Church in Augsburg, which was designed by Albrecht Dürer: it was the first building north of the Alps to be imbued with the spirit of humanism. The tomb of the Fugger brothers, built by 1512, magnificently decorated in the following years and consecrated in 1518, was the glamorous prelude to the Renaissance in Germany and one of its high points. Alongside Albrecht Dürer, some of the most important German artists of the Renaissance were involved in its creation. The putti that adorn the balustrade of the Fugger Chapel and 'guard' the Fuggers' burial place are unique and full of charm. ars mundi, in collaboration with the House of Fugger, is able to offer you the famous putti as authentic, slightly reduced museum replicas for the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the Fugger Chapel in St. Anna exclusively and for the first time! Each piece is carefully moulded by hand in polymer artificial stone and patinated with an antique finish. Putti from the Fugger Chapel II, around 1530: size 28 x 27 x 16 cm (W/H/D), weight 11 kg.
To mark the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the Fugger Chapel in St Anna, ars mundi, in collaboration with the House of Fugger, is proud to offer you the famous putti as authentic, slightly scaled-down museum replicas for the first time! Each piece is carefully moulded by hand in polymer artificial stone and patinated with an antique finish. Hans Daucher: Putti from the Fugger Chapel II, around 1530: Size 28 x 27 x 16 cm (W/H/D), weight 11 kg. Sebastian Loscher: Putti from the Fugger Chapel III, around 1530: Size 39 x 28 x 19 cm (W/H/D), weight 8 kg. Both putti in a set.
The Parisian 'Fountain of the Innocents', a masterpiece of the Renaissance! Richly decorated with reliefs by the French sculptor Jean Goujon. These reductions of the 'Water Bearers' are captivatingly beautiful in their elegance and grace. Original: Musée des Monuments Français, Paris. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, cast by hand. They are an incomparable ornament for any wall. Size 11.5 x 45.5 cm. Back with embedded hanger.
The Parisian 'Fountain of the Innocents', a masterpiece of the Renaissance! Richly decorated with reliefs by the French sculptor Jean Goujon. These reductions of the 'Water Bearers' are captivatingly beautiful in their elegance and grace. Original: Musée des Monuments Français, Paris. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, cast by hand. They are an incomparable ornament for any wall. Size 11.5 x 45.5 cm. Back with embedded hanger.
The Parisian 'Fountain of the Innocents', a masterpiece of the Renaissance! Richly decorated with reliefs by the French sculptor Jean Goujon. These reductions of the 'Water Bearers' are captivatingly beautiful in their elegance and grace. Original: Musée des Monuments Français, Paris. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, cast by hand. They are an incomparable ornament for any wall. Size 11.5 x 45.5 cm. Back with embedded hanger.
It was a time of new beginnings: after the religiously influenced Middle Ages, geniuses such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti broke new ground and opened the door to a new age. The return to classical Greek antiquity was only a seeming contradiction, for like their Hellenistic ancestors, the artists and scientists of the Renaissance rediscovered man, nature and their interrelationships, strived for perfection and found new forms of expression in art. Leonardo da Vinci's famous pen and ink drawing from one of his legendary notebooks has become a worldwide symbol of progress, science and medicine. The standing relief available from ars mundi is an eye-catcher for any desk. Polymer art casting, cast by hand, with fine bronze patina, with signed text on the back, size 16 x 17 x 3.5 cm.
It was a time of new beginnings: after the religiously influenced Middle Ages, geniuses such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti broke new ground and opened the door to a new age. The return to classical Greek antiquity was only a seeming contradiction, for like their Hellenistic ancestors, the artists and scientists of the Renaissance rediscovered man, nature and their interrelationships, strived for perfection and found new forms of expression in art. Leonardo da Vinci's famous pen and ink drawing from one of his legendary notebooks has become a worldwide symbol of progress, science and medicine. 2 standing reliefs in a set. Polymer, cast by hand with a fine bronze patina, with signed text on the reverse, each measuring 16 x 17 x 3.5 cm (W/H/D).
Leonardo da Vinci gave this small, anatomically perfect bronze model of a prancing stallion to Bianca Maria Sforza on the occasion of her engagement to Emperor Maximilian I. Original: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (considered lost since 1945). Milan c. 1492 Cast bronze with finely patinated surface. Height with base 26 cm.
Leonardo da Vinci's famous pen and ink drawing from one of his legendary notebooks has become a global symbol of progress, science and medicine. His anatomical study as a three-dimensional work of art. Exquisitely hand-cast and mounted on a diabase base with cut glass, Leonardo's icon of modern science is available for the first time as a sophisticated table object. Edition in white, polymer-bonded artificial marble. Format 30 x 32 x 7 cm.
Leonardo da Vinci's famous pen and ink drawing from one of his legendary notebooks has become a worldwide symbol of progress, science and medicine. His anatomical study as a three-dimensional work of art, exclusively at ars mundi. Excellently hand-cast and mounted on a diabase base with cut glass. Edition in polymer artificial stone with bronzed surface. Patinated and polished by hand. Format 30 x 32 x 7 cm.
Leonardo da Vinci's famous pen and ink drawing from one of his legendary notebooks has become a worldwide symbol of progress, science and medicine. His anatomical study as a three-dimensional work of art, exclusively at ars mundi. Exquisitely hand-cast using the lost wax technique and mounted on a diabase base with cut glass. Edition in fine bronze. Patinated and polished by hand. Size 30 x 32 x 7 cm.
A piquant relief by the Renaissance sculptor Loy Hering (1484-1555). Original: Beige-coloured soapstone, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin. Sculpture Gallery. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, moulded by hand. Size 23 x 20 cm (H/W). With hanging device.
Michelangelo created this life-size figure on direct commission from Pope Julius II, who gave the artist a completely free hand. Michelangelo created a symbol of the earthly bondage of man and the freedom of art: despite its many expressive gestures, the figure cannot step out of the block of marble. He remains a slave to his existence. However, the great freedom with which Michelangelo sculpted every fibre of the body and the almost voluptuous movement convey a different message: man may be bound, but the spirit and art are free! Alongside the 'David', it is probably the 'Dying Slave' that established Michelangelo's legendary reputation. Original: Musée du Louvre, Paris Reduction, moulded in artificial marble. Height 110 cm, weight approx. 65 kg.
Michelangelo created this life-size figure on direct commission from Pope Julius II, who gave the artist a completely free hand. Michelangelo created a symbol of the earthly bondage of man and the freedom of art: despite its many expressive gestures, the figure cannot step out of the block of marble. He remains a slave to his existence. However, the great freedom with which Michelangelo sculpted every fibre of the body and the almost voluptuous movement convey a different message: man may be bound, but the spirit and art are free! Alongside the 'David', it is probably the 'Dying Slave' that established Michelangelo's legendary reputation. Original: Musée du Louvre, Paris.reduction. Moulded in artificial marble. Height 30 cm.
The last brilliant sculptor of Christendom immortalised the striving for freedom of God's children, who had been led out of slavery by foreign powers, with his Promethean Moses filled with holy wrath. Original: Rome, St Pietro in Vincoli. Polymer ars mundi museum replica cast by hand. Height 45 cm. Reduction.
Only 23 years old, Michelangelo created one of his most poignant works with the sculptural group of Our Lady with her Son - the only sculpture he ever signed. Mary's timelessly youthful face expresses a restrained pain, which is also evident in the devoted gesture of her left hand. In contrast to the artists who created this motif before him, Michelangelo does not emphasise pain as a prerequisite for redemption, but shows divine beauty as the result of redemption. Original: St Peter's Basilica, Rome. Reduction. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, cast by hand. Size 23 x 29 x 14 cm (W/H/D).
