Sculpture

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The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.

Michelangelo

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Topic

Sculpture

Author

Michelangelo

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

Italian

Time

1525 1520s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Michelangelo. Sonnet to Vittoria Collana. c. 1525, l. 5.

The contours of its legs are extremely beautiful, along with the splendid articulations and grace of its flanks, a sweeter and more graceful pose has never been seen that could equal it, nor have feet, hands, and a head ever been produced which so well match all the other parts of the body in skill of workmanship or design. To be sure, anyone who sees the statue need not be concerned with seeing any other piece of sculpture done in our times or in any other period by any other artist.

Giorgio Vasari

The Lives of the Artist

On Michelangelo's David.

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Topic

Sculpture

Author

Giorgio Vasari

Source

The Lives of the Artist

Language

Italian

Time

1550 1550s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori [Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects]. Florence, c. 1568.

Current Citation

Vasari, Giorgio. The Lives of the Artists, translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella and Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 3.

Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and light as the spoor of an animal in snow.

Jean Arp

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Topic

Sculpture Art

Speaker

Jean Arp

Source

Arp on Arp: Poems, Essays, Memories

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

German

Time

20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Arp, Jean. Arp on Arp: Poems, Essays, Memories, edited by Marcel Jean. Viking Press, 1972, p. 327.