We had thought that the Barberini Faun (aka Sleeping Satyr) was safely settled at Munich's Glyptothek.
But I guess not. Looks like he's had a haircut on the trip west. And gotten dressed. Too bad.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Barberini Faun Appears Unexpectedly in Pittsburgh
A colleague and I were recently (well, perhaps a month or so ago, but let's not quibble, I only just learned how to download photos from my phone) chatting in the Frick Fine Arts Library, only to find ourselves suddenly distracted by this:
We had thought that the Barberini Faun (aka Sleeping Satyr) was safely settled at Munich's Glyptothek.
But I guess not. Looks like he's had a haircut on the trip west. And gotten dressed. Too bad.
We had thought that the Barberini Faun (aka Sleeping Satyr) was safely settled at Munich's Glyptothek.
But I guess not. Looks like he's had a haircut on the trip west. And gotten dressed. Too bad.
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lol!
ReplyDeleteAnd some comments from friends on Facebook (I guess I'll leave them sort of anonymous for now):
ReplyDeleteGF: "Funny! Reminds me of the Gabineto Segreto in the anthropological (or is it archaeological?) museum in Naples. For my riff on some of those fauns, I'd post a link to a story (if I knew how to insert a link in this message)."
AR: "Very cool! I've often wanted to have my students act out various works of art to get a better understanding of them."
BC: "Good eye!"
A perfect likeness!
ReplyDeleteTravis
coolsss i like it
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