Sculpture in the Age of Donatello
Designer: Studio Joseph
Materials: Steel, Birch Plywood, Truppan MDF, Vinyl Flooring, Scrim
Museum of Biblical Art
Photo: EduardHueber/ArchPhoto
This Exhibition showcased Twenty-three masterpieces of early Florentine Renaissance sculpture from Il Duomo in Florence, by Donatello and his circle, including models of the cathedral dome by Brunelleschi, and works by Luca della Robia, Nanni di Banco and others. Most of the work was extremely heavy, and many of the plinths were made with welded square tube steel cages with 1/2″ plate steel top and bottoms skinned in MDF. Many plinths also had telescoping steel mounts that fit into iron hooks mounted in the stone.
Photo: EduardHueber/ArchPhoto
Photo: EduardHueber/ArchPhoto
Photo: EduardHueber/ArchPhoto
Sheared 1/2″ steel plate for the cages
Photo: James Lynch
Welded square tube cages with extended mounting posts
Photo: James Lynch
Steel cages placed pre-sheathing
Photo: Craig Anderson
Sheathing in process
Photo: Craig Anderson
MDF to steel marriage
Another major Exhibit component was the scrims, some 32 feet wide, all 16 feet + tall, that hung from MDF curves.
Plotting and cutting of curves
Placement of curves before they are bobbed to the ceiling hanging points
Anchoring of curves to ceiling
Mounts on painted plinths
Micro-climate cases
Laying the floor
Final touch up and scale reference
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