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| "Dusk and Dawn" Photo by:Tania Zatikian |
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| "Dusk and Dawn" Photo by: Tania Zatikian |
As we count down the days of the
end of our trip, we’re all trying to put extra effort into seeing as much
artwork as we can. Today I went to the Medici Chapel to see the tombs that the
Pope commissioned Michelangelo to do. The tombs were for the last 2 generations
of the Medici family. The Pope commissioned Michelangelo to create a new
sacristy for the tombs for the Medici family. The tombs were for Giuliano and
Lorenzo. The tomb for Giuliano is a statue of a woman and a man, representing
“Night & Day” night representing the female and day representing the male.
And for Lorenzo the female represents dawn and the male represents dusk. By
looking at the statue of the female figure you can tell that Michelangelo
wasn’t a master when it came to sculpting the female figure. My personal
favorite was Lorenzo’s tomb, “Dusk and Dawn.” What I liked most was the fact
that the piece wasn’t completed. I don’t think it would have had the same
effect if it were completed. The reason Michelangelo wasn’t able to finish the piece
was because he was forced out of Florence along with the Medici family in 1527
after the sack of Rome. Which in my opinion made this work of art more valuable
and not only does it add more story, it’s also beautiful because of the fact
that it’s not finished. It allows the viewers imagination take over.
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| "Dusk and Dawn" |
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