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Culture :Roman
Accession Number: 25.78.56
My paper is a description of a Roman copy of a Greek bronze statue of ca. 430 B.C. by Polykleitos; known as Fragments of a marble statue of Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head). It is a statue of a naked young robust man adorning his head with a diadem. The stone sculpture stands at about seventy three inches high. It’s about a size of an average man. It is a magnificent statue carved out of marble and very well replicated by an unknown Roman artist. Dated from the Flavian period, A.D. 69-96, the Roman marble sculpture of the Diadoumenos was influenced by an original Greek bronze statue produced by Polykleitos. The Greek sculptor Polykleitos originated from Argos and was recognized to be one of the most legendary Greek sculptors in bronze of the fifth and the early fourth century BC. The bronze statue of the Diadoumenos was extremely popular during the Roman period. Its popularity led some Roman artists to come up with their own duplication of the Diadoumenos. The marble sculpture was found in a very bad shape, most of its essential piece were lost. Completely fragmented as the title indicated, the statue of a Diadoumenos was restored from its original state. The Roman sculpture was brought back to life by restoring marble piece for the missing body part. The head, arms and legs from knees all the way down to the tree trunk were from original composition from the Early Roman Imperial. The rest of a figure was a cast taken from a marble copy found on the island of Delos. The restoration was a complete success and gave a meaningful interpretation to the figure. Unlike its original bronze, the Roman marble statue added an additional item order to keep balanced. Because marble is such a heavy medium, many marble sculptures use some type of support. In this case, we have a stem of a tree. Here, the trunk of a palm tree in this marble copy might have had two functions. One is to provide support to balance
Accession Number: 25.78.56
My paper is a description of a Roman copy of a Greek bronze statue of ca. 430 B.C. by Polykleitos; known as Fragments of a marble statue of Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head). It is a statue of a naked young robust man adorning his head with a diadem. The stone sculpture stands at about seventy three inches high. It’s about a size of an average man. It is a magnificent statue carved out of marble and very well replicated by an unknown Roman artist. Dated from the Flavian period, A.D. 69-96, the Roman marble sculpture of the Diadoumenos was influenced by an original Greek bronze statue produced by Polykleitos. The Greek sculptor Polykleitos originated from Argos and was recognized to be one of the most legendary Greek sculptors in bronze of the fifth and the early fourth century BC. The bronze statue of the Diadoumenos was extremely popular during the Roman period. Its popularity led some Roman artists to come up with their own duplication of the Diadoumenos. The marble sculpture was found in a very bad shape, most of its essential piece were lost. Completely fragmented as the title indicated, the statue of a Diadoumenos was restored from its original state. The Roman sculpture was brought back to life by restoring marble piece for the missing body part. The head, arms and legs from knees all the way down to the tree trunk were from original composition from the Early Roman Imperial. The rest of a figure was a cast taken from a marble copy found on the island of Delos. The restoration was a complete success and gave a meaningful interpretation to the figure. Unlike its original bronze, the Roman marble statue added an additional item order to keep balanced. Because marble is such a heavy medium, many marble sculptures use some type of support. In this case, we have a stem of a tree. Here, the trunk of a palm tree in this marble copy might have had two functions. One is to provide support to balance