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Judith and Holofernes

The group, placed freely in space according to the natural attitudes of the bodies, finds its unity in the contrast between the spiritual energy of Judith and the abandoned physical weight of Holofernes, and the cultural comments (the Bacchic reliefs on the base, the damascening and the polychromy of the bronze) are intimately consistent with the historical definition of the event, in a climate of oriental classicism.

How to cite

Bruno Balestrini (photograph), “Judith and Holofernes”, work by Donatello, Renaissance Sculpture, Florence, Piazza della Signoria. Bruno Balestrini Photographic Archive, https://brunobalestrini.org/cita/sch00086/. Accessed [date accessed].

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