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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

January 31 - Broken


This enormous bronze sculpture of a face in the Boboli Gardens in Florence is designed to look old and broken, as if it is part of an enormous classical figure, long broken and decaying, however it is a relatively new work (1998) by Polish sculptor Igor Mitoraj called 'Tindaro Screpolato' (Tindareus cracked.) It is the only modern work in the gardens which are classical, terraced gardens with interesting water features and even an intricate grotto, hidden away at the end of one of the paths.