Beginning in the first century b c statues were created in a classicizing style that incorporated or combined elements typical of greek sculpture of the fifth century b c.
Marble torso of a boy.
Marble torso of a boy from the roman imperial period and based on a greek bronze statue.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 153.
1st or 2nd century a d.
Copy of a greek statue of ca.
Marble torso of a boy date.
53 3 x 28 9 x 17 1 cm accession.
Marble torso of a youth ca.
Narcissus was one of the most popular greek statues to copy in the roman period and the pose has been flipped round in this statue.
Marble torso of a boy roman 1st century ad.
Kouros archaic greek statue representing a young standing male.
Had coffee in pollok house always a good plan.
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Variant of a greek bronze statue of the late 5th century b c the so called narcissus was one of the most popular greek statues copied in the roman period.
Over forty examples are known today.
A roman marble torso of a young boy circa 1st 2nd century a d.
The marble kritios boy or kritian boy belongs to the early classical period of ancient greek sculpture it is the first statue from classical antiquity known to use contrapposto.
Kenneth clark called it the first beautiful nude in art it is possible even likely that earlier bronze statues had used the technique but if they did they.
The small scale and violent action of this figure suggest it may represent one of niobe s children who were killed after niobe boasted she was superior to leto mother of apollo and artemis because she had more offspring.
Visited pollok park today with four story and the hg.
The relative stiffness and lack of organic clarity in this torso suggest.
The small scale and violent action of this figure suggest it may represent one of niobe s children who were killed after niobe boasted she was superior to leto mother of apollo and artemis because she had more offspring.
21 x 11 3 8 x 6 3 4 in.
Here the pose has beenreversed perhaps because the work was to be shown in a decorative setting as a mirror.
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Sculptural groups depicting the boys and girls vainly trying to escape the deadly arrows of apollo and artemis were popular throughout antiquity download free and paid.
Also visited the burrell collection i particularly love the architecture and the fact that it seems to bring the woodland of the park into the building.