François Girardon Died 311 Years Ago Today. He Sculpted the Sun King’s Naked Majesty Into Marble.
On September 1, 1715, François Girardon died in Paris at eighty-seven. He had spent five decades giving Louis XIV’s Versailles […]
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The Unfinished Body: Michelangelo’s Slaves and the Beauty of Becoming
There is a room in Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia where four figures struggle to be born. They emerge from rough stone
James Pradier Was Born 236 Years Ago Today. His Satyr and Bacchante Made the Louvre Blush.
236 years ago today, a Swiss-born sculptor arrived in Paris carrying a chisel and a secret. He would go on