My last Blog post neglected to say how particularly horrified the
whole drawing community should be at the recent events in Paris.
Drawing is so important and precious. Here are some soft touch lions,
drawn at an SGFA Drawing Day at the V&A. In the
morning I attempted an all too ambitious drawing of a pulpit by Giovanni
Pisano. I returned to the cast collection post lunch, and discovered these lions that were
propping up a pulpit made by his father, Nicola Pisano, around 1260 for
the Baptistry in Pisa. The lions were fiercely protecting more
vulnerable animals as the sheep and piglets etc. beneath them. Oh that
humankind could use strength for protective instead of destructive
purposes as Pisano's strangely anthropomorphic lions!
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