Baroque and Mannerist Sculpture in Italy

As I begin to save to travel abroad this summer I reflect on my brief stay in Florence last summer.  I truly regret having e-coli, but not my rainy day lost when I turned the corner to encounter the David in the Piazza della Signoria.  The Piazza would become a pass thru and a stopping point over the next 10 days until my departure to marvel at the works left in large part due to the Medici family.

David, 1504, Michelangelo, Piazza della Signora, Photo Taken May 2011

Menelaus Supporting the Body of Patroclus, Roman Sculpture, Piazza della Signora, Photo Taken May 2011

Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Cellini, 1554, Piazza della Signora, Photo Taken May 2011

Rape of Polyxena, Pio Fedi, 1892, Piazza della Signora, Photo taken May 2011 (for anyone not familiar with the term, rape during this time meant kidnap)

Lion of the Loggia dei Lanzi, Medici Lions, Photo taken May 2011

Hercules and the Centaur, Giambologna, 1600, Piazza della Signora, Photo taken May 2011

I look forward to the adventures in Europe this summer without e-coli (fingers crossed)......

Michelangelo - Fragment 35, Before 1547

      Nobody has the whole of it
before he reaches his limit
of his art and his life. ~ Michelangelo


If one of the greatest of masters of art who brought marble to life, fresco off the wall, and drawing to new heights in the 1500's which were still marveled and reveled in our time, what limits do you suppose he aspired to?

David, 1504, Florence, Italy Michelangelo

Pieta, 1499, The Vatican at St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy, Michelangelo

The Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Vatican City, 1508-1512

Today is rather short and the days in-between my posts rather long.... I fear graduate school at times drains the time for the arts I love and am passionate about.... so Michelangelo feared he was not doing enough and he accomplished so much... who am I to say I am tired, I am busy, I am over-run??