Giambologna
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- Giambologna
- Key Works
- The Fountain of Neptune at Bologna (1563–66)
- Emulates Michelangelo’s Victory
- The equestrian monument of Cosimo I 1594
- Neoplatonism
- "Man is the measure of all things"- Protagorus
- Medicis believed God directly gave them power
- Shows exaggerated contraposto in many sculptures
- Neoplatonism
- The **** of the Sabine Women 1579–83
- Composition designed so that it can be viewed from any side with equal effect
- Sense of action and movement in his work
- The Fountain of Neptune at Bologna (1563–66)
- How nature is implicit in their work and process
- Garden sculptor for the Boboli Gardens, Florence and for the Medici villas.
- Study of nature led to curiosity and Humanism
- "On the Dignity of man"-Mirandolas treastise
- Contextual factors
- Charles Avery: "His lack of concern with specific subject matter or deep emotional expression . . . left him free to concentrate on the technical aspect, extending his virtuosity to the limits of the materials with which he worked."
- Giambologna,(born 1529, Douai, Spanish Netherlands)- died Aug. 13, 1608, Florene Manneristand sculptor in Italy during the last quarter of the 16th century.
- Paved way for Baroque art.
- Key characteristics
- Serpentine axis and flame like contour
- Inspired by Michelangelo
- Uses wax for modeling, creates skilled casting
- Key Works
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