Rick Steves Florence & Tuscany 2015 by Rick Steves & Gene Openshaw

Author:Rick Steves & Gene Openshaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avalon Travel
Published: 2015-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

Donatello’s Madonna and Child

In this round, carved relief, a slender and tender Mary gazes down at her chubby-cheeked baby. The thick folds of her headdress stream down around her smooth face. Her sad eyes say that she knows the eventual fate of her son. Donatello creates the illusion of Mary’s three-dimensional “lap” using only a few inches of depth cut into the creamy-rose stone. Move to the far right and look at Mary’s face from an angle (try not to notice impish Jesus); think of the challenge involved in carving the illusion of such depth.

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