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It isn't often that an artwork takes my breathe away, but #Donatello's Penitent Magdalene certainly did. (1/5) Image
She's a life-sized wooden sculpture once in the Florentine Baptistry, now in the Duomo Museum. As she's not on a pedestal or anything, you can get right up close (Michaelangelo's Pieta in the background below). (2/5) Image
As you will already have gathered, the Duomo Museum is an uncrowded gem compared to the more famous attractions of Florence, stuffed with world-class late medieval art like this Andrea Pisano relief of an astronomer. (3/5) Image
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Sigue el ciclo artístico #QuieroSuCabeza para el #TwitterCultural sobre el episodio bíblico del banquete de #Herodes en el que #Salomé consigue la cabeza de #JuanBautista.

Luego os digo porqué pero hoy vamos a dar un paseo, empezando por el Baptisterio de #Siena.

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El "Battistero di San Giovanni" / Baptisterio de San Juan (1316-1325) es un edificio religioso anexo a los tramos finales del coro del Duomo de #Siena. La fachada, de estilo #gótico, está inacabada en la parte superior, como veis comparando diseño original y realidad.

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La sala rectangular interior contiene una fuente o pila bautismal hexagonal en bronce, mármol y esmalte vítreo, realizada en 1417-1431 por los principales escultores de la época: #Donatello, #Ghiberti , Giovanni di #Turino, Goro di #Neroccio y Jacopo della #Quercia.

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