翻訳と辞書 |
Equestrian statue of Gattamelata : ウィキペディア英語版 | Equestrian statue of Gattamelata
''The Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata'' is a sculpture by Italian early Renaissance artist Donatello, dating from 1453,〔Draper, James David. “Donatello (ca 1386–1466)”.〕 located in the Piazza del Santo in Padua, Italy, today. It portrays the Renaissance condottiero Erasmo da Narni, known as "Gattamelata", who served mostly under the Republic of Venice, which ruled Padua at the time. ==Description==
After Erasmo of Narni's death in 1443, the mercenary’s family paid for a sculpture in his honor. Measuring 340 x 390 cm (the base measuring 780 x 410 cm,〔Sullivan, Mary Ann. "Equestrian monument of Erasmo da Narni, called Gattamelata".〕 it is the earliest surviving Renaissance equestrian statue and the first to reintroduce the grandeur of Classical equestrian portraiture.〔Kleiner, ''Fred S. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages'', p 551〕 After its conception, the statue served as a precedent for later sculptures honoring military heroes.〔Sullivan, Mary Ann. “Equestrian monument of Erasmo da Narni, called Gattamelata".〕 The statue, as were all bronze statues of this time, was made using the lost wax method. The statue sits on a pedestal, and both the condottiero and his horse are portrayed in life size. Instead of portraying the soldier as larger-than-life, as in the classical equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, where a sort of hierarchy of size demonstrates the subject's power, Donatello used emotion, position, and symbolism to convey the same message. Thus, Donatello makes a statement of the power of the real-life individual; he does not need to embellish or make grander whom Gattamelata was – the simple depiction of the real man is enough to convey his power. The pedestal under the horse is composed of two reliefs toward the top with fake doors underneath. The doors symbolize the gates of the underworld, lending the feeling of a tomb, though the monument was never a burial place.〔Sullivan, Mary Ann. “Equestrian monument of Erasmo da Narni, called Gattamelata.”〕 One relief shows Gattamelata's coat of arms flanked by two putti that are pointing to it. The other relief is of angels displaying battle armor.〔
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Equestrian statue of Gattamelata」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|