The Chimera
ARTIST:Louis Jean Desprez
DATE:c. 1778-1780The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Simonetta Vespucci 1480 by Sandro Botticelli
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Truth Illuminating Human Blindness
Volterrano
Italian, about 1650
Red chalk, heightened with white gouache
18 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.
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Caravaggio - The Crowning with Thorns
I miss the Caravaggio show already. Never fails to make me swoon.
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Young River God (marble) by Pierino da Vinci (ca. 1531-54)
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*Pluto and Persephone*
I am having a sculpture orgasm. No, a Gian Lorenzo Bernini orgasm. What he has been able to do with marble since he was a small child, is un-friggin’-real. Looking at his sculptures is sexy. Find out more here:
hnnnng so talented
This is unbelievable.
A little late for this blog but I will forever make exceptions for Bernini.
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