Here the pose has beenreversed perhaps because the work was to be shown in a decorative setting as a mirror.
Marble torso of a boy.
Marble torso of a youth ca.
Marble torso of a boy from the roman imperial period and based on a greek bronze statue.
With rounded thighs and stomach the waist twisted to the left and the right hip thrust out both legs slightly bent at the knees the proper lower left leg crossing in front of the right 16 in.
Marble torso of a boy 1st or 2nd century a d.
1st or 2nd century a d.
53 3 x 28 9 x 17 1 cm accession.
Marble torso of a boy roman 1st century ad.
Download image of marble torso of a boy.
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.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 153.
21 x 11 3 8 x 6 3 4 in.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Had coffee in pollok house always a good plan.
Visited pollok park today with four story and the hg.
Kouros archaic greek statue representing a young standing male.
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.
Copy of a greek statue of ca.
Marble torso of a boy date.
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.
Although the influence of many nations can be discerned in particular elements of these figures the first appearance of such monumental stone figures seems to coincide with the reopening of greek trade with egypt c.
Over forty examples are known today.
A roman marble torso of a young boy circa 1st 2nd century a d.
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.