Donatello . .125 and 126). In front they are dancing round, embracing,and blowing their horns to, the image of a boy-Bacchus; on the two other sides the Erotes despoil the vines andsplash about in a large, round vase,in front of which two of their play-mates are lying as though they weredrunk. The note of the two singinggalleries is echoed here, but far moreunrestrained, in an orgiastic regards form these naked putti areakin to those of the plaster medallionson the sacristy ceiling of S. Lorenzo,and, as in this sacristy, not only everycorner-pilaster on the Judith socle isdecorated
Donatello . .125 and 126). In front they are dancing round, embracing,and blowing their horns to, the image of a boy-Bacchus; on the two other sides the Erotes despoil the vines andsplash about in a large, round vase,in front of which two of their play-mates are lying as though they weredrunk. The note of the two singinggalleries is echoed here, but far moreunrestrained, in an orgiastic regards form these naked putti areakin to those of the plaster medallionson the sacristy ceiling of S. Lorenzo,and, as in this sacristy, not only everycorner-pilaster on the Judith socle isdecorated with minute putti, but alsothe very rim of the wine-presses. The dating cannot, of course, bebased on these classic elements, sincethey recur persistently in all Dona-tellos work. In its entirety the Judith Fig. 123. Detail from the Judith Group grOUp is even further remOVCd from (Foot of Holofernes). Cf. Fig. 122. , . ,• •, ,1 .1 >• (To pages 127 and 130.) classic antiquity, than any other creation. 131
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