Contents Preface Prologue List of Figures 1 Introduction: Turbulent Times, a Restless Life and a Dynamic Style 2 Orefice to sculptor nuovo 1 Stopover in Rome? 2 Florence 3 Disegno: the Craftsman Becomes an Artist 4 Collaborations 5 De Vries as Artist-Goldsmith 3 Wax: ex caera formatas 1 Symbolic Notions 2 Sculptors' Wax 3 Making the Modello 4 Sketching in Wax: der meister erste hand4 A Loose and Careless Style 1 An Unorthodox and Exclusive 'Hand' 2 A Style for virtuosi 3 quella esser vera arte, che non appare esser arte5 Imperfetto and non - finito : Perfection in the Imperfect6 Vivezza , Skin and Touch: between the Seen and Unseen 7 Pose and Movement: the viva figura 8 Turning the Farnese Bull 1 Revolving Sculptures 2 Turning and Modelling 3 Molte vedute 4 Machina, Movement and Theatricality 5 Architecture, Lighting and Turning9 Living Bronze 1 Alchemy, Mining and Bronze Casting 2 Resurrection 3 Aus einem Guss 4 Kunststücke machen10 Epilogue: Plasticity, Movement, and the Loose Style as a Sign of Modernity 1 Painterliness 2 Ein malerische Spätstil? Notes Bibliography.