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Category Archives: Figures
U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 10
The brief for today was have a look at some fun pictures – defined as anything members of the class thought entertaining, e.g. images creatively edited or amusing shots, the more Christmas themed, the better. The only limitations was that … Continue reading
The Gaze
Hercules and Galatea revisited, see post 14th April 2022.
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Venus Pudica – Fitzwilliam Museum
Venus Pudica by Pompeo Marchesi (Italian, 1789-1858, Milan). White marble, dated 1829. Created for Duca Pompeo Litta Visconti Arese and situated in one of the grottos of the Nymphaeum of the Villa Lainate, near Milan, reputedly from a palazzo in … Continue reading
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Museo di Palazzo Grimani 1
Unidentified figure in the shadows, Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice, May 2023.
Pylon, Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste
Two temporary wooden flag poles were installed in the Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste, in 1923. The Royal Automobile Club of Italy replaced them with bronze ‘pylons’ in 1933. The pylons are 6 meters high; the sculptural bases, from a sketch … Continue reading
Fountain of the Tritons, Trieste
The Fountain of the Tritons in Trieste stands on Piazza Vittorio Veneto, in front of the post office. In the middle of the pool there are huge figures: two Tritons and a Nereid. They bend under a giant shell, from … Continue reading
Epstein and Leger
Third Portrait of Oriel Ross, 1931, Jacob Epstein and Young Girl Holding a Flower, 1954, Fernand Leger, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Maternal Affection
Sculptor, Edward Hodges Bailey; white marble, carved in the round; made 1841. ‘The son of a ship’s carver, Baily began his career as a modeller in wax. He spent seven years in John Flaxman’s studio, acknowledged as his favourite and … Continue reading
Penitent Magdalene
Another image from the recent visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum. La Pia Contrita or Maddalena, translated as The Penitent Magdalene, by Polpeo Marchesi in the Neoclassical style. Made for Duca Pompeo Litta Visconti Arese and by 1840 situated in a … Continue reading
‘Glory’
From recent visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum. Web site says: ‘Carrara white marble, carved in the round; on grey veined marble pedestal, with black marble cartouche. A full length figure of a woman, representing ‘Glory’ supported on a high pedestal.’ … Continue reading