tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post2252552148305906477..comments2024-03-28T18:39:59.184-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: Wednesday Search Challenge (1/15/14): What's up with her fingers?Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-53942041653002362212014-01-20T05:50:21.770-08:002014-01-20T05:50:21.770-08:00Nicely done, Rosemary and Remmij. The iconographi...Nicely done, Rosemary and Remmij. The iconographic background here is really quite interesting! Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-25038729747420686152014-01-20T05:46:56.719-08:002014-01-20T05:46:56.719-08:00The National Cathedral tympanum is one of my very ...The National Cathedral tympanum is one of my very favorite sculptures. I remember the first time I saw it, and was stunned. In many ways, the sensuality of the figures reminds of me of Bernini's "St. Teresa in Ecstasy" statue in the Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. Just fantastic. <br />Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-27545817298824217222014-01-18T15:04:42.666-08:002014-01-18T15:04:42.666-08:00I have now seen many images/drawings of truth whic...I have now seen many images/drawings of truth which are similar in the iconographic details. Here's one that does place both a drawing and the statue on one page. If you follow the links at the bottom you will find more links to drawings of a similar nature. I found it interesting to see that Bernini twenty years later included Truth in another statue of Truth with three other virtues. This site is stepping off point to previous works and similar drawings. It is interesting despite never taken an art history class in my life. <br />Query [ripa bernini notes truth]<br /><br /><a href="http://riowang.blogspot.ca/2010/09/veritas-filia-dei-4-daughter-of-god.html" rel="nofollow">Drawing & Statue</a><br /><br />Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-41141106243990669312014-01-18T14:55:38.702-08:002014-01-18T14:55:38.702-08:00I'm slow on the uptake here… looking at the Ta...I'm slow on the uptake here… looking at the <a href="http://www.humi.keio.ac.jp/~matsuda/ripa/ripa_index.html" rel="nofollow">Takami Matsuda and Emiko Yamagishi site</a> it dawned on me that Ripa was dead & gone before the Bernini <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Unveiled_by_Time_(Bernini)" rel="nofollow">'Truth Unveiled by Time'</a> so there would be no direct reference by Ripa about Bernini - which is what I was looking for - only after the fact references by others about the symbols used by Bernini, as previously documented by Ripa… as Fred says, palm to forehead… sooooo, finding an illustration that used Gian's example in Iconologia wouldn't be possible - except in<br />latter edits…<br /><br />Poking around in the Allegorical World (not to be confused with the <a href="https://twitter.com/algore" rel="nofollow">Al Goreical World</a> see <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/10/09/al-gore-tried-to-buy-twitter-what-if-hed-succeeded/" rel="nofollow">al-itter, an Inconvenient Truth Unveiled by Time</a>)<br />I was reminded of this painter, who was a contemporary of Bernini: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi" rel="nofollow"><b>Artemisia Gentilesch</b></a> <br />she was great painter and a very interesting personality, well worth taking a look at.<br /><br />also thought this was an interesting view of the world, courtesy of Ripa:<br /><a href="http://www.humi.keio.ac.jp/~matsuda/ripa/catalogue/ripa_illus_html/043k0105w.html" rel="nofollow">Europa</a><br /><a href="http://www.humi.keio.ac.jp/~matsuda/ripa/catalogue/ripa_illus_html/043k0104w.html" rel="nofollow">Asia</a><br /><a href="http://www.humi.keio.ac.jp/~matsuda/ripa/catalogue/ripa_illus_html/043k0103w.html" rel="nofollow">Africa</a><br /><a href="http://www.humi.keio.ac.jp/~matsuda/ripa/catalogue/ripa_illus_html/043k0102w.html" rel="nofollow">America</a><br /><br />la ricerca su - with a ➳✸❦baroque flourish☙♝☠remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-41945665908160233742014-01-18T13:10:14.886-08:002014-01-18T13:10:14.886-08:00Rosemary - I have had similar difficulty - think t...Rosemary - I have had similar difficulty - think the specific image should be this: <i><a href="http://tinyurl.com/nyf6ed4" rel="nofollow">Christoffel Jegher's</a> Verità woodcut</i> — no luck finding that…<br />but you inspired me to try again; used [cesare ripa iconologia online]<br />found this - book/sun/palm frond/globe - can't tie it directly to Bernini, but it does represent the iconography used:<br /><a href="http://www.humi.keio.ac.jp/~matsuda/ripa/catalogue/ripa_illus_html/043k0128w.html" rel="nofollow">Verita -truth(Japanese site)</a><br />This seems to be a good image resource for Ripa:<br /><a href="http://www.humi.keio.ac.jp/~matsuda/ripa/catalogue/ripa_illus_html/043k0144w.html" rel="nofollow">Cæsar Ripa</a><br /><a href="http://www.humi.keio.ac.jp/~matsuda/ripa/catalogue/index/contents_abfr.html" rel="nofollow">index</a><br />got there from here:<br /><a href="http://www.asim.it/iconologia/ICONOLOGIAlist.asp?cmd=resetall" rel="nofollow">Iconologia</a><br /><a href="http://www.asim.it/iconologia/iconologia.html" rel="nofollow">Cesare Ripa Perugino</a><br /><br />also found this, that seemed close too:<br /><a href="http://bivio.filosofia.sns.it/bvImageNavigation.php?imgSuffix=50%2C339004" rel="nofollow">another truth</a><br /><a href="http://dinamico2.unibg.it/ripa%2Diconologia/edizioni.html" rel="nofollow">delle edizioni dell’Iconologia di Cesare Ripa</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-91249555151139837372014-01-18T11:26:54.389-08:002014-01-18T11:26:54.389-08:00Good to see you back! Good to see you back! Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-1904378858659142722014-01-18T09:21:31.670-08:002014-01-18T09:21:31.670-08:00Looks like I have time to add one more piece to th...Looks like I have time to add one more piece to the puzzle. I found in Google Scholar [ripa illustrations -jstor] a book containing an illustration of Truth holding the sun and a book. The book is Baroque and Rococo Pictorial Imagery: The 1758-60 Hertel Edition of Ripa's ... By Cesare Ripa. It first discusses the illustration & this time has religious undertones. <a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=ueO5ubMGCw8C&lpg=PA2&ots=dxnhK8G-uC&dq=ripa%20illustrations%20-jstor&lr&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q=truth&f=false" rel="nofollow">Truth as originally drawn with text</a>. Finding a reference to the statue with the book in hand has proven most difficult.<br /><br />Regarding my Query above I have not included Jstor website [-jstor] because I can only view 3 books in a two week period. Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-33668331419659803372014-01-17T10:34:29.055-08:002014-01-17T10:34:29.055-08:00… while looking at Fred's Adobe/3-D printing l...… while looking at Fred's Adobe/3-D printing link -<br />another case of art speaking across time, with a Welsh tie…<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25757903" rel="nofollow">Catrin o Berain, NMW </a><br /><a href="http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/art/online/?action=show_item&item=429" rel="nofollow">C or K?, the Mother of Wales</a><br /><a href="http://www.llgc.org.uk/blog/?p=7608" rel="nofollow">of books and skulls and truths…</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-67020950579369655892014-01-17T10:12:10.266-08:002014-01-17T10:12:10.266-08:00interesting cross-link Fred - makes me envision th...interesting cross-link Fred - makes me envision the Revell models of my youth with all the scaffolding, struts and spurs, etc.…<br />maybe with this, an edible, tasty version of Truth Unveiled could appear… Time could even be added to create a fully realized - and munchable - "Hershey-Bernini"<br /><a href="http://www.3dsystems.com/press-releases/3d-systems-hershey-team-deliver-3d-printed-edibles" rel="nofollow">3DS</a><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-hershey-3d-printing-3d-systems-chocolate-20140117,0,2231042.story#axzz2qg9reto4" rel="nofollow">LA Times story</a><br />Ramón might be able to integrate Hershey's Mexican chocolate revitalization program to include printables… to be served on the Google barges…?remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-16189364678357293332014-01-17T07:41:53.523-08:002014-01-17T07:41:53.523-08:00Yes, Remmij you are right; information comes from ...Yes, Remmij you are right; information comes from Cole. What I liked was that in just one query found the answer -of course at that moment, I new it already- and with my previous searches I had to do more than one query. Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-53008262767436590802014-01-17T01:24:24.210-08:002014-01-17T01:24:24.210-08:00Interesting timing of this challenge about struts ...Interesting timing of this challenge about struts and the role they play in 3D printing. Yesterday <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25760146" rel="nofollow">Adobe announced</a> Photoshop's update now supports 3D printing that "intelligently" add struts to your 3D printing projects for better support. krossbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877826327758153784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-56713273950536226752014-01-16T17:04:24.560-08:002014-01-16T17:04:24.560-08:00good detail photo, Jon - had not really noted the ...good detail photo, Jon - had not really noted the strut from the thumb to the torso… and the right hand and the rays of the Sun disc - he must have really had concerns about breakage during transport given that he wasn't sure of the pieces final disposition? Good supporting book find Ramón, but the content seems to be from the Cole piece… see page 55? remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-48956867246972210062014-01-16T16:46:27.214-08:002014-01-16T16:46:27.214-08:00don't know the answers to those questions - pe...don't know the answers to those questions - perhaps Dan will shed some light, especially given the topic<br />of his post today…<br />looking at your links gave me a chance to look at this work - thanks!<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Mart%C3%ADnez_Monta%C3%B1%C3%A9s" rel="nofollow">Juan Martínez Montañés</a><br /><a href="http://doenjo.blogspot.com/2010/05/la-iglesia-del-salvador.html" rel="nofollow">San Cristóbal</a><br />interesting juxtaposition to all the Baroque/Rome art I've been seeing…<br /><a href="http://www.foroxerbar.com/files/posted_images/user_50_0_3iglesia_de_san_miguel_retablo_mayor_de_jerez.jpg" rel="nofollow">Heaven & Hell</a><br /><a href="http://www.foroxerbar.com/viewtopic.php?t=4640" rel="nofollow">a different approach</a><br /><a href="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/43338156.jpg" rel="nofollow">San Cristóbal</a><br /><a href="http://www.panoramio.com/user/22090?with_photo_id=42823398" rel="nofollow">panoramio</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-1802082843083047002014-01-16T16:08:31.374-08:002014-01-16T16:08:31.374-08:00Second attempt at showing direct link to page 31 o...Second attempt at showing direct link to page 31 of the book “An Introduction to Iconography”. If this doesn’t work Ramon/Remij can you tell me how you are getting this to work? I have now used the link icon on the webpage & copied it from there rather than from the URL box.<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=qSnhxiFeObAC&lpg=PA31&ots=9JVFkRy0GW&dq=truth%20iconography%20sun%20book%20hands&pg=PA31#v=onepage&q=truth%20iconography%20sun%20book%20hands&f=false" rel="nofollow">Link to Iconography book</a><br />Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-41243759697287385802014-01-16T15:49:37.300-08:002014-01-16T15:49:37.300-08:00Haven't read the other comments yet. I suspect...Haven't read the other comments yet. I suspected that the marble let between the fingers was to keep them from breaking, and typed the words "bernini sculpture fingers support" but with no quotes. About halfway down the list of results was the result I clicked on first: <a href="http://kbarulich.wordpress.com/tag/gianlorenzo-bernini/" rel="nofollow">Even Bernini is Limited by Marble</a> because the snippets Google showed me seemed the most relevant. It points out the masked supports in Daphne's hands, and reminds me of the term "struts" to refer to them. It also links to a PDF article, Michael Cole’s <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/faculty/Cole/Bernini-Struts.pdf" rel="nofollow"> “Bernini’s Struts”</a> which discusses the problem and solutions for keeping fingers from breaking off of sculptures in more detail. Removing struts from fingers came at the end of the process, or not at all if the artist decided the work was too fragile. (Turns out when I looked again that the Cole article was actually the first result for my search).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205046157406732686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-6286084164779702532014-01-16T15:15:52.094-08:002014-01-16T15:15:52.094-08:00Agree with you, Jon.
Looking your fantastic imag...Agree with you, Jon. <br /><br />Looking your fantastic image, searched [Truth unveiled by time thing material between fingers] don´t know why I didn´t try this before!<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=34M-ppWDxSIC&lpg=PA63&ots=B_7Y4c3jOd&dq=Truth%20unveiled%20by%20time%20thing%20material%20between%20fingers&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">Material Identities Book: Bernini Struts.</a> Book says that Bernini left Struts there on purpose; to remind the viewer about the transformation. <br /><br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-36465479560389881752014-01-16T14:52:04.682-08:002014-01-16T14:52:04.682-08:00I am going to revise my previous comment to this. ...I am going to revise my previous comment to this. I found via IMAGES a much better image of this sculpture: http://www.thais.it/scultura/image/ALTE/SB_474.htm<br /><br />It clearly shows what I now know as struts between fingers of BOTH hands.<br /><br />So I humbly propose that this 'webbing' is a structural element not an allegorical allusion.<br /><br />jonjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450649073262987652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-4472250317269168612014-01-16T14:34:04.323-08:002014-01-16T14:34:04.323-08:00Speaking of truths, Remmij, I tried this challenge...Speaking of truths, Remmij, I tried this challenge using only Spanish like <i> Passager </i> did with French. Until now, I can not found answer or even a good link that can relate to the answer, I even tried with the French words translated to Spanish. Nothing...Yet!<br /><br />[Define: Struts] and then translate to Spanish gives: <a href="http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=puntales" rel="nofollow"> Puntales. Drae definition</a> <br /><br />Using translate with documents posted in peer answers gives <a href="http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=puntales" rel="nofollow">Espigas. Drae definition</a> <br /><br />I think that maybe the word that is meant to this challenge could be different.<br /><br />[cómo esculpir marmol]<br /><a href="http://www.almendron.com/arte/escultura/claves_escultura/ce_02/escultura_02.htm" rel="nofollow">Claves de la Escultura</a><br /><br />I'll try to find it!<br /><br />How many challenges in searches do you believe the answer is just in English?<br /><br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-14928318171299244792014-01-16T14:27:56.626-08:002014-01-16T14:27:56.626-08:00feinir ddoniol — ;)
stud_strut_stuff
MFA
Atlantis,...feinir ddoniol — ;)<br />stud_strut_stuff<br /><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Patrick_Duffy_Man_From_Atlantis_1977.JPG/590px-Patrick_Duffy_Man_From_Atlantis_1977.JPG" rel="nofollow">MFA</a><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1150846/Atlantis-revealed--just-load-old-Googles.html" rel="nofollow">Atlantis, Patrick Duffy & Google</a><br /><br />Bernini mae hyn yn agos i chi<br />Victoria & Albert, London<br /><a href="http://theredlist.fr/media/database/fine_arts/sculpture/17_th_century/baroque/gian_lorenzo_bernini/014-gian-lorenzo-bernini-theredlist.jpg" rel="nofollow">Neptune &Triton, 1620</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_and_Triton" rel="nofollow">N&T, minus trident</a><br /><a href="http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bernini_gianlorenzo.html" rel="nofollow">artcyclopedia</a><br />and the Scots have an example:<br /><a href="http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/B/2757/artist_name/Gian%20Lorenzo%20Bernini/record_id/2535" rel="nofollow">NGS/Pisa</a><br /><a href="http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhibitions/ig/hm_art_of_baroque_italy/qg_bar_0809_09.htm" rel="nofollow">Gian_in the UK</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-53190966439169823982014-01-16T13:13:54.334-08:002014-01-16T13:13:54.334-08:00this may have been lost in the shuffle -
fwiw: ma...this may have been lost in the shuffle -<br /><br />fwiw: made me think of this… also the source of prior sRs quests… and related patrons… a stretch to Bernini, but they may have seen similar things.<br /><i>calcaire n'est pas de marbre ...</i><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/6623043189/" rel="nofollow">"Ex Nihilo" Tympanum </a><br /><a href="http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0002420.htm" rel="nofollow">dcMemorials - note fingers</a><br /><a href="http://www.nationalcathedral.org/pdfs/westfront.pdf" rel="nofollow">WNC</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Hart_(sculptor)" rel="nofollow">Hart</a><br />remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-28353890047499643022014-01-16T12:52:42.176-08:002014-01-16T12:52:42.176-08:00[truth thorn england bernini alexander VII] >
b...[truth thorn england bernini alexander VII] ><br /><a href="http://vinoconvistablog.me/2010/06/05/berninis-baroque-monument-in-st-peters-basilica/" rel="nofollow">backstory Henry VIII</a><br /><a href="http://www.wikipaintings.org/de/gian-lorenzo-bernini/tomb-of-pope-alexander-vii-1678#close" rel="nofollow">wikipaintings - beta, also a neat tool/german</a><br /><a href="http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/sculpture/bernini-giovanni.htm" rel="nofollow">background</a><br />a contemporary artist that may have a comparable sweeping vision?<br /><a href="http://whitecube.com/artists/anselm_kiefer/" rel="nofollow">Kiefer</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_Kiefer" rel="nofollow">wiki Kiefer</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-23235648263267099902014-01-16T11:28:50.830-08:002014-01-16T11:28:50.830-08:00Pam's comment got me wondering. Do search tren...Pam's comment got me wondering. Do search trends affect the search engine results page (SERP)? Do clicked links on the SERP affect the ranking of results? I would guess no because they don't necessarily mean it is "good" result. I mean I could click on lots of links on a SERP and never find what I am looking for. So what was happening behind the scenes that got Pam the hit with [ bernini fingers ] ?krossbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877826327758153784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-82056951469656503892014-01-16T11:25:20.579-08:002014-01-16T11:25:20.579-08:00multiple references to multiple Truths can be a bi...multiple references to multiple Truths can be a bit confusing… even if they are all Giovanni Lorenzo. <br />is it a thorn or a strut? what is the truth? there are multiple Truths… and that is true for Bernini and workshop…<br /><a href="http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Monuments/AlexanderVII/AlexanderVII-thorn.jpg" rel="nofollow">Bernini/Sancta Sedes view of England (Alexander VII tomb)</a><br /><a href="http://vinoconvistablog.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/dsc03893.jpg" rel="nofollow">the Sun also appears here</a><br /><a href="http://www.wga.hu/art/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1670/alex2.jpg" rel="nofollow">close up</a><br />hard to find images of this revealed Truth…<br /><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/no-blushes-as-historic-statues-return-to-their-naked-beauty-1-1379289" rel="nofollow">De Sylva Chapel, part of the Sant’Isidoro Church near Piazza Barberini in Rome</a><br />just a little side bit involving another Bernini/Sun subject -<br /><a href="http://madamepickwickartblog.com/2012/09/bernini-double-down-failure/" rel="nofollow">XIV</a><br /><br />…as there are multiple Ecstasies <br /><a href="http://www.wga.hu/art/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1640/therese5.jpg" rel="nofollow">terra cotta study, St. Petersburg</a><br />the location of two of the finer Sphinx examples - maybe the perfect location for a future meet-up? in between the gazes…<br />if Mr. Brin and Astro Teller would appear too, it would be a banner occasion… btw, these lads tough it out sans a cushy museum environment like their Tanis cousin.<br />like their big relative in Giza. The Paris of the East, Venice of the North, wandering twin of Tampa, on the banks of the other N River (Neva) -<br /><a href="http://students.sras.org/the-quay-with-sphinxes-in-st-petersburg/" rel="nofollow">Quay</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quay_with_Sphinxes" rel="nofollow">northern cobras</a><br /><br />very cool tool, Dr.D.R., a fine find -<br /><a href="http://manypedia.com/#%7Cit%7CBernini" rel="nofollow">manypedia|bernini</a><br />alt -<br /><a href="http://manypedia.com/#%7Cit%7CBernini%7Cfr" rel="nofollow">français</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-58409943389349417432014-01-16T11:16:25.056-08:002014-01-16T11:16:25.056-08:00Started by searching [Bernini villa borghese] thin...Started by searching [Bernini villa borghese] thinking that I would see an image of the sculpture and thus find its name. There was no picture of it on the first page of results, so i decided to do an image search. This brought me to a site called friends-of-art.net which gave the name of the piece as Truth. Searched [truth bernini]. Found several sites that gave the full name and history of the sculpture, including the Villa Borghese website, Wikipedia, and bernini2013.org (an online exhibit by students of an art history class at the University of Mary Washington). All agreed that the sculpture is called Truth Unveiled by Time and that it is unfinished. None mentioned the webbing.<br />Next I tried searches on [truth unveiled by time bernini webbing], ['truth unveiled by time' bernini webbing], and [truth unveiled by time bernini hand]. None of those yielded any remotely usable hits. So I tried another tack [why is bernini's truth's hand unfinished] this brought me to an academic paper by art historian Michael Cole of Columbia. He discusses the Apollo and Daphne sculpture, not Truth Unveiled by Time, and claims that the bits of stone between the fingers of the Apollo and Daphne are structurally necessary and undisguised artistically ("struts'). So now I have two possible answers. 1)The sculpture is unfinished. 2)The "webbing" is just "struts" and has no artistic purpose. I am kind of stuck there.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889029897237732376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-40006666853224000232014-01-16T10:44:12.397-08:002014-01-16T10:44:12.397-08:00Perhaps she's the mother of the "Man from...Perhaps she's the mother of the "Man from Atlantis"!<br /><br />No?<br /><br />Firstly I visited the Wikipedia page for Bernini. This lists all the sculptures by him and where they are. You said it was in the Villa Borghese so using Ctrl and F to find all mentions of Borghese. The sculpture is female so that excludes many of the options. I have to click on 3 possibilities until I find that the sculpture is called "Truth Unveiled by Time".<br /><br />A search for ["Truth Unveiled by Time" hand] finds a page <br /><br />http://bernini2013.org/truth-unveiled-by-time/<br /><br /><br />This is an online exhibit curated by students in ARTH 470s: Bernini, at the University of Mary Washington, spring 2013.<br />It has a lot of info about Bernini and this sculpture. As a university site it has authority.<br />Bernini was blamed for a debacle involving adding bell towers to St Peter's in Rome. He felt that his reputation was unjustly damaged by the project. The "Truth Unveiled by Time" sculpture was his uncommissioned response to this.<br />The sculpture is unfinished because he very quickly began to receive commissions again and did not have time to complete it even though he wished to.<br /><br />As a double check I searched Google Books for ["Truth Unveiled by Time" Bernini].<br />The 2nd book in the list was "BERNINI sculptor and architect" by Daniele Pinton.<br />Page 20 of this book describes the sculpture as unfinished because his desire to prove his innocence diminished.<br /><br />So I would say this is why the hand is incomplete.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024498995853851022noreply@blogger.com