Rome and Florence in modern centuries competed as Italian capitals of art, and two of the most appreciated ancient sculptures cannot be excluded from this rivalry: the Venus de’ Medici, exhibited since the 17th century in the Uffizi Gallery, and the Capitoline Venus, which in the following century it found its place in the New Museum on the hill of the same name. This contribution, in addition to summarizing the state of the art of research on the two works, considers their different fortunes and the multiple and varied reactions that they aroused in modern observers. We will therefore investigate the reasons why the Florentine Venus appears to have been more appreciated and famous than its urban rival.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-0038-7295
Chapter Title
«L’eterno femminino che ci attira in alto accanto a sé»: celebri Veneri tra Roma e Firenze
Authors
Ilaria Romeo
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0.38
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Florentia
Book Subtitle
Studi di archeologia: vol. 5 - Numero speciale - Studi in onore di Guido Vannini
Editors
Michele Nucciotti, Elisa Pruno
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
596
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0375-3
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0376-0
Series Title
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
Series ISSN
2704-6249
Series E-ISSN
2704-5870