Chimera of arezzo autobiography books
Chimera of arezzo history.
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu
16 July 2009–8 February 2010
The Chimaera of Arezzo, edited by Mario Iozzo, in collaboration with G. Carlotta Cianferoni, Claire L.
Lyons, and Seth D. Pevnick.
Chimera of arezzo autobiography books pdf
Pp. 51, b&w figs. 12, color figs. 50. Edizioni Polistampa, Florence 2009.
Chimera of arezzo autobiography books
€8; $15. ISBN 978-88-596-0628-4 (paper).
The large bronze statue—more than 4 ft. long—known as the Chimaera of Arezzo depicts a fantastic compound animal from Greek mythology visualized as a lion with a goat’s head (or protome) emerging from its back and a serpent for a tail (figs.
1, 2).
This statue of ca.
Chimera of arezzo replica
400 B.C.E. shows the creature under attack: the Chimaera, roaring menacingly, draws backward on his haunches as if to spring, with the lion’s claws bared and now-lost eyes originally fixed on an attacker. Walking around the statue or viewing it in QuickTime on the exhibition’s permanent Web site.2 reveals that the goat head has flopped over, mortally wounded, as thick droplets of blood g