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Over fifty years ago, there was a very important meeting
at the Vatican where Mr. de Weldon was asked to restore
some of the works by Michelangelo. Mr. de Weldon would
not accept payment, when he was asked what his dreams
were, he mentioned that he wanted to travel through Italy
and work as the Great Masters before him.
He went to the Vatican Museum, and was given official
permission to recreate his version of the Torso from the
Laocöon Group (Rome, Vatican Museum).
At that time, he set up a studio in Italy and after many
great accomplishments he was given the honorary title
of Baron.
The Laocöon Group is very powerful and shows strength
and great energy. One needs to pay attention to the anatomical
realism of this work. It captures with exactness a certain
struggle right before an event. The statue is very busy
and there is an unquestionable suffering seen in it.
Felix
de Weldon's choice of representing the sole Torso places
humanity in any given time, revealing the climatic moment
of a body's struggle for survival.
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