Ratto di Polissena - Florence, Italt
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member razalas
N 43° 46.151 E 011° 15.336
32T E 681542 N 4848709
The Ratto di Polissena by Pio Fedi is a sculpture placed in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence .
Waymark Code: WMJ98K
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 10/13/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member ddtfamily
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"Carved between 1855 and 1865 after a long gestation with studies and drawings (many of which are still preserved in Florence and Rome ) is considered the artist's masterpiece and one of the most significant works of the nineteenth-century Italian sculpture , earning the prestigious location in Piazza della Signoria in Florence , the only modern work between ancient masterpieces of the Renaissance.
The subject of the sculpture is Polyxena , youngest daughter of Priam, kidnapped by Pyrrhus to be sacrificed in anticipation of the start of the Greek ships to return from the Trojan War . The violence of the abduction is underlined by the killing of the brother of Polyxena Polidoro , who fell to defend his sister, and the raised arm with the sword of Pyrrhus appeal that is going to strike a blow to kill the mother of Polyxena , Hecuba , who holds at his heels.
To sculpt the Rings was inspired by a statue of Lorenzo Bartolini ( Pirro throwing Astyanax from a tower ) and Ercole and Lica by Antonio Canova, but also close to Patroclus and Menelaus of Roman , especially in the physiognomy of the protagonist.
The statue is characterized by the complexity of the subject , treated with almost theatrical action , represented by the gesture of the arm that lifts the sword of Pyrrhus ."
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