Discuss how Vasari’s concept of individual genius can be applied to the work of Italian sculptor Giovanni Bologna

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According to Vasari, individual genius was manifest in the virtuosity and inventiveness of the artists. The work of sculptor Giovanni Bologna is an excellent example of the indirect nature of Vasari’s ideals of individual genius. He and other artists were encouraged to develop their talents without constraints. His Rape of the Sabine Women and his incorporation of the figura serpentinata was considered a sculptural example of individual genius and inventiveness in which he chose a larger-than-life-size spiral complex of three figures rising in a twisted organization nearly 13½ feet.

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