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I'm too mercurial to have a persistent fav, but today I am haunted by Colosso dell’Appennino by Giambologna just north of Florence in the 1580's. Because LOOK. AT. HIM.
The Apennine Colossus (Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino) is a stone statue, approximately 11 meters high, in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. Giambologna (Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne) created the colossal figure, a personification of the Apennine mountains, in the late 1580s. It was constructed on the grounds of the Villa di Pratolino, a Renaissance villa that fell into disrepair and was replaced by the Villa Demidoff in the 1800s. (via Wikipedia)
March 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM