“itgé)f ohe Sf. classics. ss oa vé. read his book, this: statue of Perseus # Peaeee Se wae the’ vivid. account. of its.crea -* adio of the excitement of ‘its’ casting, he EDLOWS rders to ‘nis frightened ‘is valuable ‘riod in history: which the not expense of his. three oe gee hua onky’ for) the, vivid. picture. of this pe-~ the centire book: is one of “ting and the Okt isd artist. ss wire - it: gives’. but-also for the piSee shes into Life Gf. this* great: craftsman, and %** ae This’ statue of Perseus. shows | Céllini's ‘Great preoccupation with . the Classi¢ Period. andi his interest in. phe antique, both + “In subject. natter and’, ain: ‘Style, vets ‘shows thle int i Ace oO. lism of his predecessors, Donatell6: and Verrochio, ' ‘giving . his* work a vitality not-eva@ent. mans. The highly cegoratays | matis . Sreatuehb. in {the works da eareful cossareiy® ‘detr acts : of the Greeks OF: RO peers: |an’ Notation deegration sonewhat » ‘fron the: Otherwise ee > Teor aa es pnd. dha ey | The Medusa's head,. the elaborate: ‘helmet and the rich’ ‘and orate pedestal all indicate Cellini's cheat interest: ‘in eroate decoration«. Py: ‘Placed in-the self, me but the was statue Loggia. de "Lanza remained removed for in at the WALe tue In of nas cer the the out-text is Condottiere works of Andrea Pome there untouched safety represented Bartolomea del hes cc until by ‘Celitnt the outbreak of the bronze Colleoni. Verrochio, one of is the - present: <e the present3. equestrian It 3 oe one of greatest state the ** ar s% has given to is character, through the means of dramatic yOo tists of. the Renaissance ih Italy. “This work, recognized throughout the world as the finest * equestrian group in all-art history was probably the mas eg ine ce of Verrochio's highly productive life and a culmination of * the So called school of: readlism tn Florentine sculpture. a Stucent of the great Donatello, Verrochio was a creative artist in his .owm right, expressing in his work an individual * and: personal’ approach which gave his sculpture a refinement ** pcate lacking in‘the rugged realism: of Donatello. in this‘statue, commissioned as a tribute to the Condottiere Colleoni, e grat mercenary soldier of phe 15th Century, Verrochio has not represented Colleoni as an idealized Roman of an tlouity, but bodly as a living powerful man of his own time,. ** and - al. ~ “~ _ & deling, handling of costume and dynamic pose, a vitality and * reality never acheived by his predecessors. “ The statue is placed on a high marble and broze pedestal, % beautifully decorated in the classic styles but unfortunately * is located in a more or less obscure *Piazza" in Venice= the * ‘ © \\\ Piazza SS. Giovanni e Paolo, thé visitors to that. city's and is Ci 4 helpers, of his frantic ef- e. the precious work at the dred pieces ys) Beet pewters _ Indeed he thus often | overlooked | by **