lake district pictures and photographs. luminare.

Statues

Taking a photograph of someone else's art could be considered copy cat. To do justice to each statue I tried to make the shape stand out from the flat printed image.

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Canova's Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Canova's Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Canova's Perseus with the Head of Medusa. This fine work was placed in one of the stanze of the Vatican museum, reserved for the most precious works of antiquity.
Vittorio Emanuele II

Vittorio Emanuele II

Known as "Il Vittoriano", the monument was begun in 1885 and inaugurated in 1911 in honour of Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy, the first King is depicted here in a gilt bronze equestrian statue 12 m (39 ft.) long.
Capitolini Brutus

Capitolini Brutus

This statue from the capitoline museum is of Brutus, who founded the Roman republic. It is the only surviving portrait from this time.
She Wolf

She Wolf

Capitolini statue - Greek

Capitolini statue - Greek