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Cellini was the first to integrate narrative relief into the sculpture of the piazza. [4] As the Perseus was installed in the Loggia, it dominated the dimensions of later pedestals of other sculptural works within the Loggia, like Giambologna's The Rape of the Sabine Women. [5]
Cellini's Perseus (1545–54), wearing the Cap of Invisibility and carrying the head of Medusa. In classical mythology, the Cap of Invisibility (Ἅϊδος κυνέη (H)aïdos kyneē in Greek, lit. dog-skin of Hades) is a helmet or cap that can turn the wearer invisible, [1] also known as the Cap of Hades or Helm of Hades. [2]
Benvenuto Cellini (/ ˌ b ɛ n v ə ˈ nj uː t oʊ tʃ ɪ ˈ l iː n i, tʃ ɛ ˈ-/, Italian: [beɱveˈnuːto tʃelˈliːni]; 3 November 1500 – 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author.
Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa The Rape of the Sabine Women. Underneath the bay on the far left is the bronze statue of Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini. [4] It shows the mythical Greek hero holding his sword in his right hand and holding up the Medusa's severed head in his left. The well-proportioned muscular body of Perseus ...
Medusa with the Head of Perseus, 2008 sculpture Medusa with the Head of Perseus is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version is temporarily displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan.
Cellini's bronze statue of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, completed in the Renaissance. The Gorgoneion, or Gorgon head, was used in the ancient world as a protective apotropaic symbol. Among the ancient Greeks, it was the most widely used symbol to avert evil.
English: Benvenuto Cellini's statue Perseus With the Head of Medusa in The Loggia dei Lanzi gallery on the edge of the Piazza della Signoria. Florence, Italy. Florence, Italy. Русский: Флоренция, Италия.
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, in the Loggia dei Lanzi by Cellini (1554) Medici lions, by Fancelli and Vacca (1598) The piazza was already a central square in the original Roman town Florentia, surrounded by a theatre, Roman baths and a workshop for dyeing textiles. Later there was a church San Romolo, a loggia and an enormous 5th-century ...