Category: Art
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The sculpture of David —who, according to the biblical story, astutely defeated the giant Goliath— was placed in front of Palazzo Vecchio to remind the government that in the Republic, the people are stronger than the tyrants. At the same time, with this sculpture, Michelangelo portrayed an ideal of male beauty that combines physical strength,…
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The Naiads —Nymphs of freshwater— were guardians of sacred places, nurturers of infant gods, fierce defenders against assaults to their purity. I glanced at this sculpture in a repository of unhexibited artifacts in a Villa Borghese’s museum. It was lying amid sparse marbles and stones, as a relic of the time when these symbols of…
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More ancient sculptures on LuminisImago blog
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Fading away? (Picture in Picture)
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Dédié à Pierre Hadot, auteur de La Citadelle Intérieure
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Till the end of Time
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Before fading away
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A Stoic sentence from Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
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And how wine was created from the end of their love
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Before fading away
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