David Mackie
@davidmontisi
Some time sculptor. Lives in the country.
For those who like these dancing girls, try doing an image search (even Google - !?) for Tanagra Dancer Figurines. There are a lot of them in museums around the world, and they're almost all partially or fully draped. They have such wonderful dynamism.
Isn't that wonderful. Here's another similar one. Roman 3rd century BC.
That's lovely. There are some spectacular wood inlays at the monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, here in Siena province. They also decorate the choir stalls in the main church. They were made by Fra Giovanni da Verona, and show many subjects including a lot of animals and birds.
For those of you who celebrate, in Italy that is. From Wikipedia's home page today.
More nature fun. Lacerta bilineata, known as the Ramarro here in Italy.
And another one; Jacopo Della Quercia, two free-standing carved figures. This one always makes me smile. Both the angel Gabriel and Mary look so embarrassed, as if they've forgotten each others names. Awkward.
Here's the Annunciazione from the bronze doors of the church of San Zeno in Verona.
From Heather Cox Richardson's latest letter; heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-22-2...
"The Romans co-opted, syncretized, and melded so many deities." Perhaps, most famously this one, from the Vatican Museums.
Caspita ! Ho fatto una cosa molto simile in una mia scultura: Stesse foglie, stesse forme.
Isn't it just amazing. So much elegance in such a small fragment. Here is a photo with softer lighting, from the Met's website.
It has a couple of small relief panels attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi. I've only ever seen them in photos, but they look amazing.
Saw this great piece of relief sculpture last week. It's from the "Arca di San Cerbone" in the cathedral of Massa Marittima, by Goro di Gregorio, 1275 - 1335. The detail in the figures is wonderful. The two priests have quite different poses and there is a beautiful mute dialogue between them.