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the Sabines 25-1/2" H x 9" W x 9" D Bonded White Marble on Black Marble Base $756 (less Internet discount of $123) = $633 (freight $29) The Rape of the Sabines 19-1/2" H $212 (less Internet discount of $72 = $140 (freight $19) |
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Men of the Renaissance, having renewed
interest in the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome, delighted
in classical subjects. After seeing Giovanni da Bologna's sensational
work, they called it The Rape of the Sabines and he accepted
the name. Actually, he was more interested in the formal design
and the technical problems of executing that design than in the
depiction of a legendary incident. First of all, there was the
desire to unite three figures in a common action. The three nude
figures were the aging masculine, the youthful masculine, and
the feminine. He accomplished his objective by intertwining those
figures with precise balance in a single column. Their gestures
and the position of their bodies lead the eye around the statue
with a spiraling effect which terminates in the raised hand of
the girl. There is a sensuous naturalism in the modelling; the
soft flesh of the woman yields to the pressure of the fingers
of the man whose strength is apparent in the rippling muscles
of youthful maturity while those of the older are already shrinking
with age. The statue is highly decorative. It is a statue to
be enjoyed from all sides. The original stands in the Loggia
dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy. This item is imported from Italy and is that same item as previously available from Eleganza in Seattle |
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