Sculpture "Perseus with the Head of Medusa", bonded bronze
Sculpture "Perseus with the Head of Medusa", bonded bronze
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museum replica | bonded bronze | handmade | height 72 cm
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Sculpture "Perseus with the Head of Medusa", bonded bronze
Duke Cosimo de Medici commissioned the Renaissance artist to create the famous bronze statue of Perseus for the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, the shining pinnacle of Florentine sculpture at the time. The allegorical statue of liberty is supposed to represent the heroic victory over dark powers achieved with divine assistance. In those days, severed heads were the preferred symbol of such triumphs.
Original: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Bronze. Around 1550.
Polymer ars mundi museum replica cast by hand with a bronzed surface. Total height 72 cm.
Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Special polishing and patination techniques give the surface of the casting an appearance similar to the bronze.
(Rebirth). The term describing art from around 1350 until the 16th century.
A mindset that developed in Florence in the late 14th century that was retrospectively classified as rebirth of the classical ideals of Greek and Roman antiquity. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Renaissance spread first over Italy and then all over Western Europe and determined the entire artistic creation. Brilliant artists such as Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Dürer, Holbein, Cranach and Fouquet created their immortal works by following the humanistic premises and placing the human being in the centre of all thinking.
Renaissance experienced its heyday in literature through dramatic works and poems of William Shakespeare.
At the end of the 16th century, the Renaissance had to give way to the opulence of baroque, before its ideas experienced a rebirth in the classicism of the 18th century.
A true-to-the-original reproduction of an artwork in the same size and with the best possible material and colour uniformity.
The mould is usually taken directly from the original so that the replication reproduces even the finest details. After casting the replication, using the most appropriate method, the surface is polished, patinated, gilded or painted according to the original.
A replication of ars mundi is a recognizable copy of the original.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.