| Date: | April 8, 2006 12:39 pm |
| Subject: | English | | Word Count: | 240 | | Page Count: | 1 |
Gianmarco Guglielmi
Local church
Italian scholars said Tuesday that they may have discovered an early version of a Michelangelo statue of Christ, discarded by the painstaking artist for a flaw in the marble.
RAI state TV showed pictures Tuesday evening of the possible Michelangelo, depicting a sorrowful Christ with the cross.
The recognized final version of the statue is at the church of St. Mary over Minerva in Rome. But scholars took note of the look a like at a church at Bassano Romano outside Rome two years ago, Silvia Danesi Squarzina, an art historian at Rome's La Sapienza University, told Italy's ANSA news service.
Subsequent research examined early documentation describing a first version of the statue. A 1521 letter has Michelangelo setting aside the early version for a flaw in the marble -- a black line on Christ's face.
Well, the Christ of Bassano has a black stain on the face, Danesi Squarzina said.
An early sketch for the statue and similar incisions on both statues support the hypothesis that the Bassano piece is a work by Michelangelo, the art historian said.
I thought that this show was particularly interesting because it talks about Michelangelo’s work, which I find quite intriguing because he was one of the most talented painters I have ever seen. When I heard about this I thought to myself that this is amazing and the segment was beautifully laid out and each segment of the show was put together and kept u watching.
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