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Michelangelo’s Only Low Relief
The Madonna of the Steps. Casa Buonarroti. Florence) Michelangelo made this low-relief when he was a boy. If he weren’t the author it would have been dumped long ago. Why did HE hang onto it? Because it reminded him of … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Bas-relief, first work, Ghiberti, perspective lines, steps, stone carving, Virgin and Child
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