Giovanni Bologna created this sculpture in 1538. It is thirteen and a half feet high. Bologna created the sculpture before he named it, which is interesting since it conveys such a well-known anecdote. The story of the Rape of the Sabine Women is related in both Livy and Plutarch. This sculpture depicts a triumphant figure, a Roman carrying off two Sabine women. The spiral movement of the figures anticipates Baroque sculpture.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Bologna Sabine Woman
Giovanni Bologna created this sculpture in 1538. It is thirteen and a half feet high. Bologna created the sculpture before he named it, which is interesting since it conveys such a well-known anecdote. The story of the Rape of the Sabine Women is related in both Livy and Plutarch. This sculpture depicts a triumphant figure, a Roman carrying off two Sabine women. The spiral movement of the figures anticipates Baroque sculpture.
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