BUONTALENTI, Bernardo
(b. ca. 1531, Firenze, d. 1608, Firenze)

The Grotta Grande

1583-93
Rock
Boboli Gardens, Florence

The grotto represents the transformation of material into creatures of the living world. From stalactites we move to figures that emerge from the stone.




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