Ugo Guidi, Sheep at noon (1959)

stone, h. 33x97x7 cm
Forte dei Marmi, Museo Ugo Guidi

In Sheep at noon is described a flock that nibbles at the grass under the summer sun of the Apuan coast. It is not unusual to find sheep flocks visiting the few country zones that ramain around Carrara and Massa and in Versilia. The idea of "noon" is given by the light that floods the work, thanks to the altorilievo of the sheep which creates a "flash" effect. The simmetry of the animals reminds some bizantine works filtered by the Romanesque art (in particular the Romanesque of Pisa), that Guidi studies and works out in a new way in some creations that are close, exempli gratia, to some creations by Wiligelmo and other medieval sculptors. A few chisel hits give the representation of wool, and the result is very intimate and soft.

A project by
Federico Giannini

Museo Ugo Guidi
(Forte dei Marmi)

Associazione Amici
del Museo Ugo Guidi
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