Peta Motture

Peta Motture is the senior curator of sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum specializing in the Renaissance, with a focus on Italy. She is the author and editor of numerous books including Creating Sculpture: Renaissance Drawings and Models (2022), The Culture of Bronze: Making and Meaning in Renaissance Sculpture (2019), and Carvings, Casts and Collectors: The Art of Renaissance Sculpture (2013).

Peta Motture's Titles

Donatello Sculpting the Renaissance

Donatello

A lavish survey of Renaissance master sculptor Donatello and his workscaptured in photographs from some of the nation's most renowned art museums...


Creating Sculpture Renaissance Drawings and Models

Creating Sculpture

Edited by art professor Michael Cole, art historian Ana Debenedetti, and curator Peta Motture, Creating Sculpture is a fully illustrated collection...


Culture of Bronze Making and Meaning in Italian Renaissance Sculpture

The Culture of Bronze

The Italian Renaissance was a golden age for bronze sculpture, both on a grand scalesuch as Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, or Cellini's Perseusand...