PUBLIC ART: Structural Restraints and How to Deal with Them

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  • Karl Schawelka Bauhaus Universität Weimar/Universidad de Granada

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https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.v1i9.11358

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In order to understand the present situation, some historical considerations might be useful. I will start with an episode told by Vasari. According to him, in 1504 the young and relatively little-k­nown Michelangelo was given a huge block of marble to work on, which was however deemed untreatable because of a crack on its bottom. As we all know, he nevertheless made a tremendous success of the commission, creating the famous David. This sculpture was originally meant to adorn the outside of the clerestory wall of the cathedral as part of a programme consisting of several heroes from the Old Testament. But when Michelangelo had finished his work, everyone agreed, that it deserved a better location. [...]

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31-10-2015

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Schawelka, K. (2015). PUBLIC ART: Structural Restraints and How to Deal with Them. Farol, 9(9), 9–22. https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.v1i9.11358

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