apostle sculptures, Cappella di Piazza, Siena, Italy
The apostle statues in the niches of this cappella (chapel) were created over several centuries. These two are about contemporary to the initial construction of the cappella in the 1300s. Later apostles on the building are more accomplished in finish, and are praised for it. These older works are denigrated as crude and not worthy of mention in some guides to Siena. This is simply ignorant. In their expressiveness, these apostles are more successful and likely to be evocative to a wider range of viewers. And that, after all, was their foremost purpose as Medieval religious works. Another angle showing the faces of these two can be found among my photos.
apostle sculptures, Cappella di Piazza, Siena, Italy
The apostle statues in the niches of this cappella (chapel) were created over several centuries. These two are about contemporary to the initial construction of the cappella in the 1300s. Later apostles on the building are more accomplished in finish, and are praised for it. These older works are denigrated as crude and not worthy of mention in some guides to Siena. This is simply ignorant. In their expressiveness, these apostles are more successful and likely to be evocative to a wider range of viewers. And that, after all, was their foremost purpose as Medieval religious works. Another angle showing the faces of these two can be found among my photos.