Palio Di Siena, as the Madonna Was Depicted: Controversy over the Dragon

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Polemica sul drappellone del Palio di Siena dell'Assunta. The work realized by the Romanian artist Teodora Axente destined to the winning Contrada on August 16th was immediately discussed for the unconventional traits of the Madonna. Siena's Diocese itself intervened: "Can a drappellone be realized as a full artistic expression of an author? If you consider the understanding that as contemporaries we have of the work of art, that is, as the resu…

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Fabio returns to the debate that followed the presentation of the drappellone: "I had seen the sketch and had struck me just the face of Our Lady... Social? They are one of the evils of the Feast" .