CARL, D.: BENEDETTO DA MAIANO. A FLORENTINE SCULPTOR AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE, 2 VOLS. ÍNDICE: Introduction — Biography of the artist — I. Artistic development: 1. Early Works in Marble and Wood (1464-1473): Benedetto da Maiano in the workshop of Desiderio da Settignano — Benedetto da Maiano and Antonio Rossellino — 2. The Reliefs: The madonnas — Narrative reliefs — The Annunciation relief in Naples: on the problems of the picture-like relief — 3. The Free-Standing Figure: Madonnas — Benedetto da Maiano and Donatello: the baptist in the Palazzo Vecchio — The nude: Benedetto da Maiano, Michelangelo and the antique — II. The Works: 4. The Unifinished Project for the Salviati Tombs in Santa Croce: The portrait sculpture (1474-1495) — Works in San Gimignano — The Santa Fina altar (1475-1477) — The Collegiata high altar (1478-1482) — The San Bartolo altar in sant’Agostino (1492-1495) — 7. In the Service of the Florentine Signoria: the Marble Portals of Palazzo Vecchio (1475-1478): The marble portals and their sculptural décor — The iconographic programme — 8. Among Sienese and Roman Patrons: Works for Ambrogio Spannocchi in Siena (1475-1485) — Works for cardinal Girolamo Basso della Rovere in the Santa Clara of Loreto (1482-1490) — 9. The Sculptor of the Florentine Merchant Class: The pulpit for Piero Mellini in Santa Croce in Florence (1481-1485) — The funerary monument of Filippo Strozzi in Santa Maria Novella in Florence (1487/1488) — 10. Benedetto da Maiano at the Court of Naples: The tomb of Maria of Aragon in Sant’Anna dei Lombardi in Naples (1481-1491) — The Annunciation altar for the count of Terranova in Sant’Anna dei Lombardi in Naples (1488/1489) — Works for south Italy (1475-1495) — The cycle for king Alfonso II of Naples (1494- 1495) — 11. The Artistic Legacy: The inventory of Benedetto da Maiano’s workshops — The problem of workshop sucession: Benedetto da Maiano, Leonardo del Tasso and the high altar of Santa Chiara (1494-1497) — Appendices. .