Ancient Greek and Roman writers criticized bodies of different sizes for a variety of reasons. But in works of art, body fat was often depicted in ways that defy our expectations. Terms like...

2023年7月25日 · Discover how the “Crouching Venus” statue made its way into the Getty Museum’s collection: http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-voyag... This program was presented Online on Wednesday, June 14, 2023,...

2023年6月14日 · Ancient Greek and Roman writers frequently criticized bodies that deviated from a standard size and shape. But in works of art, artists depicted body fat in ways that can surprise us. Art historian Roko Rumora and University of Nottingham professor Mark Bradley examine how a marble statue of Venus and a bronze statuette of Hercules expand our ...

2017年3月14日 · Polyklitus’s revolutionary use of geometry in depicting the human form created the ideal male figure. Male nudes seemed to be suspended in movement, filled with life. The naturalistic poses reflected the musculature and power of the male body. The statue above, Diadoumenos, is a one of Polyclitus’s notable works.

25 famous ancient Greek statues, listed in chronological order, with the approximate date of their creation. 1. Lady of Auxerre (Kore of Auxerre) Around 650 – 625 BC

The Antikythera Ephebe, registered as Bronze statue of a youth in the museum collections, [1] is a Greek bronze statue of a young man of languorous grace that was found in 1900 by sponge-divers in the area of the ancient Antikythera shipwreck off the island of Antikythera, Greece.

2023年8月2日 · It is possible that statues were not actually modelled on free, citizen women. There are plenty of references to hetairai - elite courtesans - being the models for such statues. Most famously, Phryne was supposedly the model for several statues in antiquity after some artists saw her take off her clothes and go into the sea at Eleusis ...

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Moschophoros (calf-bearer) is an Ancient Greek Marble Sculpture created in 560BCE. It lives at the Acropolis Museum in Greece. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Cows and Sculpture. See Moschophoros (calf-bearer) in the Kaleidoscope