Places to see in ( Florence - Italy ) Perseus Statue
Places to see in ( Florence - Italy ) Perseus Statue
Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture made by Benvenuto Cellini in the period 1545-1554. The sculpture stands upon a square base with bronze relief panels depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda, similar to a predella on an altarpiece. It is located in the Loggia dei Lanzi of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy. The second Florentine duke, Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, commissioned the work with specific political connections to the other sculptural works in the piazza. When the piece was revealed to the public on 27 April 1554, Michelangelo’s David, Bandinelli’s Hercules and Cacus, and Donatello’s Judith and Holofernes were already erected in the piazza.
The subject matter of the work is the mythological story of Perseus beheading Medusa, a hideous woman-faced Gorgon whose hair was turned to snakes and anyone that looked at her was turned to stone. Perseus stands naked except for a sash and winged sandals, triumphant on top of the body of Medusa with her snakey head in his raised hand. The body of Medusa spews blood from her severed neck. The bronze sculpture and Medusa’s head turns men to stone and is appropriately surrounded by three huge marble statues of men: Hercules, David, and later Neptune.
Cellini breathed new life into the piazza visitor through his new use of bronze in Perseus and the head of Medusa and the motifs he used to respond to the previous sculpture in the piazza. If one examines the sculpture from the back, you can see the self-image of the sculptor Cellini on the backside of Perseus' helmet. The sculpture is thought to be the first statue since the classical age where the base included a figurative sculpture forming an integral part of the work.
Cellini’s crowning work was Perseus. Cellini completed it with two different ideals in mind. He wanted to respond to the sculpture already placed within the piazza, which he did with the subject matter of Medusa reducing men to stone. Secondly, the Medici were represented by Perseus and the subject matter achieved that in the round sculpture and the relief below. Moreover, in that respect, Cellini also made a statement for himself in the actual casting of Perseus. Cellini gave life with his new sculpture in his use of bronze and asserted the Medician control over the Florentine people through the Perseus motif.
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Benvenuto Cellini, Perseus with the Head of Medusa, c. 1554, bronze (Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
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This 400 Year Old Italian Sculpture Is Awe Inspiring But What’s Hiding Inside It Is Creepy
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This 400 Year Old Italian Sculpture Is Awe Inspiring But What’s Hiding Inside It Is Creepy
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The solemn, bearded man of the Colosso dell’Appennino sits hunched on the ground, his gaze fixed on the still water. It’s a pose that he has held for more than 400 years, and one that he will keep for many years to come.
Indeed, his story started in 1569 when Italian architect Bernardo Buontalenti began work on an elaborate villa. It was to be the home of Francesco I de’Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the nobleman hoped that the grand property would impress his mistress, Bianca Capello, a famous beauty of the time.
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In fact, the resulting Villa di Pratolino in Vaglia, Italy, became known for its wonderful gardens, which were built in a classic Mannerist style. They included many features designed to delight and entertain guests, such as cooling fountains that sprayed over visitor’s heads and the various other ingenious water-operated machines.
Chief among its most celebrated features, though, was the giant statue known as the Colosso dell’Appennino. And although the villa itself was demolished long ago, this striking sculpture still remains.
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Checking out the Gallery of the Academy, and got to see one of my all time favorite sculptures!
Perseus statue removed from Trentham Gardens
The statue of Perseus with the head of Medusa is captured leaving Trentham Gardens to go to the Royal Academy's Bronze exhibition. Perseus will return to the gardens towards the end of December 2012.
Perseus with the Head of Medusa (Canova)
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova (1804–6)
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Il Porcellino (Italian piglet) is the local Florentine nickname for the bronze fountain of a boar
The fountain figure was sculpted and cast by Baroque master Pietro Tacca (1577–1640) shortly before 1634, following a marble Italian copy of a Hellenistic marble original, at the time in the Grand Ducal collections and today in display in the classical section of the Uffizi Museum. The original, which was found in Rome and removed to Florence in the mid-16th century by the Medici, was associated from the time of its rediscovery with the Calydonian Boar of Greek myth. Tacca's bronze, which has eclipsed the Roman marble that served as model, was originally intended for the Boboli Garden, then moved to the Mercato Nuovo in Florence, Italy; the fountain was placed originally facing east, in via Calimala, in front of the pharmacy that by association gained the name Farmacia del Cinghiale (Italian for boar). To gain more space for market traffic it was later moved to the side facing south, where it still stands as one of the most popular features for tourists. The present statue is a modern copy, cast in 1998 by Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry and replaced in 2008, while Tacca's bronze is sheltered in the new Museo Bardini in Palazzo Mozzi. Visitors to Il Porcellino put a coin into the boar's gaping jaws, with the intent to let it fall through the underlying grating for good luck, and they rub the boar's snout to ensure a return to Florence, a tradition that the English literary traveller Tobias Smollett already noted in 1766, which has kept the snout in a state of polished sheen while the rest of the boar's body has patinated to a dull brownish-green.
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The Statues in Florence Italy
Downtown Florence Italy, the main square.
GALLERIA DELL' ACCADEMIA WITH MICHELANGELO'S STATUE OF DAVID!
The Galleria dell'Accademia Museum in Florence, Italy features what is perhaps the most famous statue in the world, the Statue of David (6:23) by Michelangelo. In fact, you'll learn why the Statue of David is considered to be such a masterpiece. However, the Galleria dell'Accademia also features additional works by Michelangelo and many beautiful paintings, sculptures, and altarpieces by other famous artists. Some of the other well known pieces are the Rape of the Sabine Women by Giambologna; Michelangelo's unfinished Four Slaves (NOTE: at 3:57 the graphic mistakenly said that these are replicas-they are originals); the Museum of the Musical Instruments which includes a one-of-a-kind tenor viola by Antonio Stradivari and musical instruments by Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano; Coronation of the Virgin by Jacopo di Cione; the Tree of Life by Pacino di Bonaguida, and much more!
0:00 Introduction
0:11 Hall of the Colossus with Rape of the Sabine Women Sculpture
1:39 15th Century Altarpieces
1:59 Vallombrosa Altarpiece/Deposition from the Cross/Resurrection
3:25 Cassone Adimari
3:49 Hall of Prisoners with Michelangelo's Four Slaves/St. Matthew Sculpture/Palestrina Pieta
6:23 Statue of David by Michelangelo
9:23 Deposition of Christ/The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem/Deposition of Christ
9:41 Museum of Musical Instruments featuring one-of-a-kind tenor viola by Stradivari and instruments by Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano
12:36 Florentine Gothic Painting Altarpieces: Madonnas/Tree of Life/The Pentecost/The Trinity/Coronation of the Virgin
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Benvenuto Cellini, Base of Perseus Bronze and Marble sculptures, Florence (manortiz)
Piazza della Signoria (& Neptune statue fountain), Florence, Italy. 2015.
Piazza della Signoria.
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Places to see in ( Florence - Italy ) Fountain of Neptune
Places to see in ( Florence - Italy ) Fountain of Neptune
The Fountain of Neptune is a fountain in Florence, Italy, situated on the Piazza della Signoria, in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. Made of marble and bronze, the fountain was commissioned in 1565 and designed by Baccio Bandinelli. It is the work of the sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati with some elements created by collaborators. For example, the bronze sea-horses are the work of Giovanni da Bologna, often called Giambologna.
In 1559, Cosimo I de' Medici launched a competition to design a fountain at a time when a new aqueduct was also being built, the first to bring running water to the city. The plan was for a statue of Neptune as the primary element, in a chariot drawn by sea-horses, symbolizing Florence's command of the Mediterranean. Initially, Baccio Bandinelli was the sculptor chosen but he died before work began. Sculptor Ammannati was hired to take over and completed the work with assistants and collaborators. The face of Neptune is said to resemble that of the Grand Duke Cosimo.
The 4.2 meter tall Neptune figure, made of Apuan marble, was completed in 1565 in time for the wedding of Francesco de' Medici I to grand duchess Johanna of Austria. Florentines were not impressed and called the statue Il Biancone (the white giant). The work on the basin and other aspects of the fountain required nearly ten years. Ammannati and his collaborators added around the perimeter of the basin in a mannerist style, reclining, bronze river gods, laughing satyrs and marble sea-horses emerging from the water. The pedestal on which the statue stands is in the center of the octagonal fountain. It is decorated with the mythical figures of Scylla and Charybdis. The final work was completed in December 1574. The statue on display today is a copy made in the 1800s when the original was moved to the National Museum.
As would be expected, the Sea-God, Neptune is a frequent theme for fountains, and over a dozen Fountains of Neptune exist. In Florence, there is another fountain of Neptune is found in the Boboli Gardens, behind the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Giambologna sculpted a similar statue for the similar fountain in Bologna in the 1560s. Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli created a nearly contemporary fountain in Messina, Sicily. The Fountain of Neptune, Rome (Neptune fighting with an octopus) was completed in 1878 when the statue was added by Antonio della Bitta and sea creatures by Gregorio Zappalà for the theme Nereids with cupids and walruses. The original basin was designed in 1574, by Giacomo Della Porta, and built at about that time.
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Loggia dei Lanzi (or Loggia della Signoria) is on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy
The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on a corner of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, adjoining the Uffizi Gallery. It consists of wide arches open to the street. The arches rest on clustered pilasters with Corinthian capitals. The wide arches appealed so much to the Florentines, that Michelangelo even proposed that they should be continued all around the Piazza della Signoria. Sometimes erroneously referred to as Loggia dell' Orcagna[1] because it was once thought to be designed by that artist, it was built between 1376 and 1382 by Benci di Cione and Simone di Francesco Talenti, possibly following a design by Jacopo di Sione, to house the assemblies of the people and hold public ceremonies, such as the swearing into office of the Gonfaloniers and the Priors. Simone Talenti is also well-known from his contributions to the churches Orsanmichele and San Carlo. The vivacious construction of the Loggia is in stark contrast with the severe architecture of the Palazzo Vecchio. It is effectively an open-air sculpture gallery of antique and Renaissance art. The name Loggia dei Lanzi dates back to the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo I, when it was used to house his formidable landsknechts (In Italian: Lanzichenecchi, corrupted to Lanzi), or German mercenary pikemen. After the construction of the Uffizi at the rear of the Loggia, the Loggia's roof was modified by Bernardo Buontalenti and became a terrace from which the Medici princes could watch ceremonies in the piazza.
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