Sunday 31 October 2010

The Garden Of The Monsters

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In sixteenth century Italy the nobility would often leave testimony of their greatness through the form of religious art. Not so Pier Francesco Orsini. He wanted to be remembered in an entirely different way - through his Park of the Monsters. He did not want his monuments to please - he wanted them to astonish.

(thanks Robert-John)

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