Leone is a drawing by Norman Bean which was uploaded on January 9th, 2012.
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Title
Leone
Artist
Norman Bean
Medium
Drawing - Graphite On Paper
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LEONE, 2010, graphite on paper, 13 x 15.
In the Loggia dei Lanzi at the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, I fell in love with the Worried Lion, one of the two 12 foot long stone lions that bracket the stairs to the Loggia. There is so much history and emotion in the art and architecture of Italy it is often difficult to pick a focus for a drawing, but The Worried Lion made it easy because he is such a powerful guardian of the loggia. Carved by Flaminio Vacca in 1600 for the Grand Duke of Tuscany this sculpture is almost a mirror image of it's Roman inspiration. To our left is a bronze of Perseus holding the head of the Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini, placed in the Loggia in 1554. The marble base, a Cellini/Francesco del Tadda collaboration, has been removed to the Bargello Museum and a copy placed in the Loggia.
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Norman Bean
Thank you Ms. Brown for your praise. I did enjoy creating this drawing and researching the history of the sculptures. There are two Lion statues on opposite sides of the stairs into the Loggia de Lanzi. I have plans to create another drawing looking across this Flaminio Lion in profile to the older ancient Roman Lion sculpture.