{"id":45977,"date":"2018-01-29T13:38:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T12:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45977"},"modified":"2018-01-29T13:38:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T12:38:36","slug":"hercules-and-the-centaur-nessus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/45977","title":{"rendered":"Hercules and the Centaur Nessus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45978\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tumblr_nq23dyS9Eo1qezpouo1_500-470x631.jpg\" alt=\"Hercules and the Centaur Nessus\" width=\"470\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tumblr_nq23dyS9Eo1qezpouo1_500-470x631.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tumblr_nq23dyS9Eo1qezpouo1_500.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The marble group of Hercules and the Centaur Nessus, was completed in 1599 by Flemish sculptor Giambologna, born Jean Boulogne (1529-1608).<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture was carved, impressively, from a single block of marble by Giambologna and it sits in the open-air gallery Loggia dei Lanzi on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, among the square&#8217;s other famous marble occupants.<\/p>\n<p>Showing an advanced understanding of anatomy &#8211; visible in Hercules&#8217; rib cage, showing through his taut skin and the veined legs of the centaur, poised in battle &#8211; Giambologna&#8217;s statue is a powerful evocation of the strength of mortal man.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com\/2015\/09\/Giambologna-Sculpture.html\">Via<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The marble group of Hercules and the Centaur Nessus, was completed in 1599 by Flemish sculptor Giambologna, born Jean Boulogne (1529-1608). The sculpture was carved, impressively, from a single block of marble by Giambologna and it sits in the open-air gallery Loggia dei Lanzi on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, among the square&#8217;s other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45979,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45977\/revisions\/45979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}