Florence: Uffizi museum sculptures and casts

6 Oct 2009
My favorites works in the Uffizi were the great-than-life-size marble sculptures. My favorite of these was undergoing renovation (we watched the renovating artists through slits in her privacy-wall). It depicted a warrior battling a snake with a woman (I think...) and smaller boy.

The other pieces I thought were especially well-done were much, much smaller. There was a trio of identical sculptures: one in wood, one in ceramic and another in plaster (I think). It showed a dog-looking dragon with wings and two serpent tails for hind legs doing battle with some warrior.

Brought out the Dungeons and Dragons nerd in me.

Posted by Andrew Bunner on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1:03 PM | 0 TrackBacks

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