Rape+of+the+Sabine+Women

= __**Rape of the Sabine Women**__ = **By: Giovanni da Bologna**



This sculpture was created by a man using the name Giovanni da Bologna. His real name is Jean Boulogne. He moved from France to Italy and made the connection between Renaissance and Baroque styles. This sculpture is noted for the way the composition of the figures creates a spiral that causes the viewer to move around the sculpture to view the total effect. The composition seems to be confined to a vertical cylindrical shape. The sculpture manages to appear light by the use of the negative spaces between the mass of bodies and the appendages of the figures.

To locate this sculpture, you need to first find the Piazza Vecchio. My favorite way there from the north side of the Ponte Vecchio is to walk along the river to the east until the covered walk way ends, then to cross the street and walk down the center of the Uffizi courtyard. The Loggia dei Lanzi opens up on the left hand side of the Gallery. This statue is located in the loggia.

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__**Work Cited**__

Kleiner, Fred, Christin Mamiya, and Richard Tansey. //Gardner's Art Through the Ages//. Eleventh. Thompson Learning, 2001. 598. Print.