Louvre, Paris, FranceTwo of these are from the early modern period and the third is Michelangelo, th
Louvre, Paris, FranceTwo of these are from the early modern period and the third is Michelangelo, they are linked entirely by not being older than 1500 years.Photo 1 is Michelangelo’s Dying Slave, which I…almost bypassed entirely, because I was overwhelmed and there were Roman artifacts to find. I do regret this, since there’s a lot of really cool writing out there about the meaning of its unfinished state and the title, whether those are related, which of them have to do with “the Pope changed his mind about his funerary decor”, etc.Photo 2 is Mercury on Pegasus, sculpted at the end of the 17th century for Louis XIV. For those with an interest in art, the main thing of note here (not the horse) is that it is carved from a single block of marble. There are no joins. There was no room for error. Amazing.Photo 3 is another round of “I cannot resist things about Julius Caesar”, Nicolas Coustou’s statue. To my regular annoyance, this is one of the main portrayals of him (along with a Renaissance bust, a variety of variously well substantiated ancient busts, paintings, and a bronze that I am 95% sure is actually Octavian). It’s a very sweet sculpture and I love it a lot, but it also…irritates me on an existential level. -- source link
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