The Borghese

Ughhhhh yes! Finally a museum that I feel I can be in a long time for. This museum was full of sculptures and paintings that really struck a cord, more like, a thought. The one sculpture that caught my attention the most was the rape of proserpina. I mention this sculpture for various reasons. 1.) The story is very different from all the others in the sense that somone was sexually violated, and 2.) Their facial expressions perfectly depicts the rape scene. As I looked at her, I saw a woman who'se face beared horror while trying to escape the arms and strenth of a male who was looking to obtain his desires. While she is in a state of helplessness, his grin implies that he's conquered what he had been searching for. Something else that caught my attention was the detail put into the sculpture As she is trying to escape, his hands strongly grab a hold of her, making it seem that he is making a dent on her skin. Very, very real.