I don’t know if you have read my chapter on Savonarola, Those Who Destroy Art? He is the guy from bonfire of the vanities fame, a contemporary of young Michelangelo. If he had succeeded the David and the Mona Lisa would never had come about. The evil guy was this . . close to succeeding. Creativity is so damn fragile.
I will go and look for it, I can’t remember if I’ve seen it. I know Botticelli destroyed works based on his teachings, though. What a tragedy. Thank God for the beautiful art we do have in spite of those who would wish to stifle it. Both Michelangelo and Leonardo strike me as men who would have been unswayed by that kind of evil. Yes, creativity is so damn fragile, well said.
I’ve seen the David in person, I was awestruck, beautiful. Michelangelo saw the image in the marble and he released it, so magnificent!
Agreed, seeing the David live, walking through the corridor of the captives to arrive is a life event.
Just beautiful; this sculpture had to be the most well known. It has permeated culture in so many ways.
It is hard to imagine humanity without it!
It is, isn’t it? It’s been part of my recollections as long as I can remember.
I don’t know if you have read my chapter on Savonarola, Those Who Destroy Art? He is the guy from bonfire of the vanities fame, a contemporary of young Michelangelo. If he had succeeded the David and the Mona Lisa would never had come about. The evil guy was this . . close to succeeding. Creativity is so damn fragile.
I will go and look for it, I can’t remember if I’ve seen it. I know Botticelli destroyed works based on his teachings, though. What a tragedy. Thank God for the beautiful art we do have in spite of those who would wish to stifle it. Both Michelangelo and Leonardo strike me as men who would have been unswayed by that kind of evil. Yes, creativity is so damn fragile, well said.