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Arnolfo di Cambio

The Scribe

Arnolfo's constructive faculty reveals itself with supreme maturity in this massive, squared statuette, with its broad and grandiose movement, which truly transfigures the natural datum into absolute concepts, emblematic. The heavy open book is the module of reference on which the whole figure is built, in dynamic contrasts and firm interlockings.

How to cite

Bruno Balestrini (photograph), “The Scribe”, work by Arnolfo di Cambio, Gothic Sculpture, Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria. Bruno Balestrini Photographic Archive, https://brunobalestrini.org/cita/sch00570/. Accessed [date accessed].

This English text was translated with the help of artificial intelligence (Claude) from the Italian original, except where an English version already existed in the original archive. Read the Italian version.