Title: Tomb of Lorenzo with Dawn & Dusk
Artist: Michelangelo
Location: Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence
Date: 1519 - 34
- Diurnal references - to classical past
- references to classical past? supposed to be River God at the bottom
- balance - precarious position
- idea of time and immortality - linked to Golden Age of the Medici
- Structure of dome is a reference to sainthood
- genders were assgined to dawn and dusk based on Italian nouns - juxtaposed symmetry in arrangement
- Lorenzo in a contemplative gesture
- different compositions adopted to make a "good" artwork
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