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| Giovanni Battista Caccini Asclepius resurrecting Hippolytus ca. 1590 marble Giardino di Boboli, Florence |
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| Giovanni Battista Caccini Asclepius resurrecting Hippolytus (detail of base) ca. 1590 marble Giardino di Boboli, Florence |
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| Giovanni Battista Caccini Asclepius resurrecting Hippolytus (detail of base) ca. 1590 marble Giardino di Boboli, Florence |
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| follower of Andrea Sansovino Annunciatory Angel ca. 1565 painted plaster Chiesa di San Bartolomeo, Cutigliano |
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| follower of Andrea Sansovino Virgin Annunciate ca. 1565 painted plaster Chiesa di San Bartolomeo, Cutigliano |
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| Antonio Begarelli Bust of Christ ca. 1550 terracotta Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| Antonio Begarelli Virgin and Child ca. 1540 terracotta Galleria Estense, Modena |
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| Francesco da Sangallo Virgin and Child ca. 1560 terracotta relief Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| attributed to Giambologna Crucifix ca. 1580 ivory Basilica di Santa Maria della Fontenuova, Monsummano Terme |
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| Giambologna Fata Morgana (sorceress Morgan le Fay) 1572 marble private collection |
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| Giambologna Fata Morgana (detail) (sorceress Morgan le Fay) 1572 marble private collection |
from Light
I always thought reality
was something you became
when you grew up.
In the square stands Fata Morgana
looking tired, shouting
Morning paper – morning paper.
– Inger Christensen (1962), translated by Susanna Nied (2009)
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| Giambologna Rape of the Sabine Women 1582-83 marble Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence |
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| Giambologna Rape of the Sabine Women (detail) 1582-83 marble Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence |
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| Giambologna Rape of the Sabine Women (detail) 1582-83 marble Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence |
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| Giambologna Rape of the Sabine Women 1582-83 bronze relief (mounted on base of marble statue group) Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence |