Michelangelo Buonarroti
Dawn
Below the closed form of the statue of Lorenzo, the Allegories open themselves to the light, unfolding in their “continuous beauty”, whereas beneath the projecting broad surfaces of the “Giuliano” they closed up in contracted poses. Thus the alternating movement of the counterpoint multiplies, with iron coherence and without any mechanical quality, like the organic rhythm of life that pulses, passionate or composed in classical eurhythmy, in the pure cadences of this sublime symbolic invention.
How to cite
Bruno Balestrini (photograph), “Dawn”, work by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Renaissance Sculpture, Florence, San Lorenzo, Cappella Medicea. Bruno Balestrini Photographic Archive, https://brunobalestrini.org/cita/sch00003/. Accessed [date accessed].