Florence, Florence Province, Tuscany, Italy. Piazza della Signoria. Statue of Perseus with the Head of Medusa. Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and the He
Florence, Florence Province, Tuscany, Italy. Piazza della Signoria. Statue of Perseus with the Head of Medusa. Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and the Head of Medusa is a sculpture that is commonly overlooked. In fact it could be the most regularly overlooked work of art in the world. Standing in Florence’s Loggia dei Lanzi of the famous Piazza della Signoria in Florence, rich with some of the world’s most famous sculptures by Renaissance masters, including Michelangelo’s David, Bandinelli's Hercules and Cacus, and Donatello's Judith and Holofernes. It stands opposite David (now a copy, with the original standing in the nearby Galleria dell'Accademia), as the millions of selfie-stick wielding tourists snap themselves with the famous crack-shot shepherd, if only they’d turn around and look. For behind them stands the dark, foreboding and bloody bronze of the Greek hero Perseus, carrying the severed head of the gorgon Medusa. Though once you get to know a little of Cellini, you realise its position opposite David is paramount. It's all part of Cellini’s shadow play, and just one example of the multi-layered story of this amazing sculpture and the man who made it.
Size: 8256px × 5504px
Photo credit: © Sergi Reboredo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: afternoon, ancient, architecture, art, buildings, cathedral, cathedrals, church, city, cityscape, culture, cuture, del, della, destination, downtown, europe, european, evening, famous, figure, firenze, florence, forence, hall, heritage, historic, important, italian, italy, landmark, lanzi, lights, location, loggia, mark, medieval, meduse, michelangelo, monument, monumets, palace, palazzo, perseus, place, plazza, quarter, renaissance, scene, scenery, scenic, sculpture, sculptures, sightseeing, signoria, skyline, square, statue, stendhal, stone, sunset, syndrome, tourism, touristic, tower, town, townscape, travel, tuscan, tuscany, twilight, typical, vecchio, view
