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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Florence, Tuscany, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1595-1600 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorGiambolognaen_US
dc.date1595-1600en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-11T20:50:56Z
dc.date.available2013-07-11T20:50:56Z
dc.date.issued1595-1600en_US
dc.identifier224463en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 598en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/133038
dc.descriptionClose frontal view looking up; Giambologna set to work on his last autograph marble carving, which also had an equine component, for it depicted Hercules Slaying a Centaur (1595-1600; Florence, Loggia Lanzi). It originally stood on a street corner and was set high on a pedestal, which conditioned the way in which it was to be viewed--it must have looked more imposing than it does in its present location. The vigorous torsions of the bodies of victor and victim, the compressed springing of the horse-body and the excited thrashing of the tail (which is daringly undercut) build up a highly dramatic composition. Indeed, it was a proto-Baroque sculpture that was to be influential on Bernini. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 12/9/2007)en_US
dc.format.mediummarbleen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectmythology (Classical)en_US
dc.subjectBaroqueen_US
dc.titleHercules Slaying a Centauren_US
dc.title.alternativeHercules and Nessusen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode6A1-GB-HN-A3en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayGiambologna (Flemish sculptor, 1529-1608)en_US


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