Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Renaissance Marbles photographed by Clarence Kennedy

Clarence Kennedy
Angel
(Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte, Florence)
1933
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Angel bearing Crown
(Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte, Florence)
1933
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Lion Head supporting Angel
(Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte, Florence)
1933
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Cornice
(Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence)
1929
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Figure supporting Candelabrum
(Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence)
11929
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Frieze
(Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence)
1929
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Keystone of Arch
(Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence)
1929
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Pilaster
(Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence)
1929
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Pilaster Base
(Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence)
1929
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Angel
(Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia)
1932
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Angel Wing
(Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia)
1932
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Foot of Christ the Redeemer
(Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia)
1932
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Figure of Hope
(Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia)
1932
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Clarence Kennedy
Figure of Hope - Veil and Wing
(Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia)
1932
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

"Trained as both an art historian and a photographer, Clarence Kennedy (1892-1972) cautioned that "the photographer dare not allow himself to use the sculpture for spectacular effects of his own invention.  . . .  He is not creating something of his own."  

He began to experiment with lighting and photographing sculpture while a student at the American School in Athens. Returning to the United States, he took a position in 1916 teaching art history at Smith College, where he remained for forty-four years.  During this time Kennedy taught photography and made photographs, producing eight volumes of The History and Criticism of Sculpture to be used as teaching aids at Smith." 

– from biographical notes at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles