by Rob Jollymore | Sep 9, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Tondo Taddei (ca. 1503; diameter 40 inches) The Tondo Taddei (at the Royal Academy, London), and the Tondo Pitti (at the National Museum of the Bargello, Florence) are the only two roundels (circular relief sculptures) carved by Michelangelo, produced when he was in...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 9, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Bacchus (1497; height 78 inches) Nothing about the Bacchus is conventional. Michelangelo surpassed his Classical models by imbuing idealized forms with a brutal realism. The face of Bacchus is reminiscent of an antique mirthfulness, but the eyes are fixed lasciviously...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 9, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Battaglia dei Centauri (Battle of the Centaurs, ca. 1490-92; 31 x 35 inches) This is another of the earliest known sculptures by Michelangelo, created when he was only a teenager. According to Condivi (1553), who called this sculptural relief “The Rape of Deianita and...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 9, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Madonna della Scala (or, The Madonna of the Steps; ca.1490-91; 22 x 15.5 inches) This is the earliest known sculpture by Michelangelo, created when he was only fifteen or sixteen years old. It remained in the Buonarroti family until two years after the master’s death,...
