Re: statue in Italy

[Guest guest]

Bonnie,

Is this the statue you were referring to, by any chance?

http://www.ricksteves.com/news/0208/sansevero.htm

Another view can be found here (look at the entry for May 22 if it

doesn't immediately link to the right section)

http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/blog18.htm#may22

> My neighbor saw the latest Travels in Europe with Rick Steves. He

said there

> was a statue that had a transparent granite cover over a reclining

Christ

> Statue draped in a cloth. Does anyone of this statue? Where I can

find a

> photo of it???

>

> I've done a search on google but didn't come up with anything yet.

>

> Bonnie

[Guest guest]

Bonnie,

I'm happy to help! It's funny, I did a quick Google search

for " 'Rick Steves' and Italy " and was able to find a link fairly

quickly, mostly because I assumed it was located in a church and only

looked at links to Italian churches. Then, when I went to reply with

the site I had found, I was so surprised to see no mention of Italy

in your opriginal post, just that the show was about Europe! I guess

it just seemed like an Italian-type sculpture... Or maybe I do have

some of the psychic abilities that have been discussed on this list

after all (although I seriously doubt this would count).

I spent a month in Italy a couple years ago, but didn't make it down

to Naples, so I didn't get to see this sculpture first-hand. I'm

sure my sister, who majored in art and lives in Florence, has

though. It sounds incredible.

>>

> I heard back from my neighbor. This is the statue he was looking

for. He says to say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU!!!

>

> Thank you from me too. I had looked at Rick Steve's website but

didn't find it there...

>