The statue portrays a boxer seated with his arms resting on his knees‚ his head turned to the right and slightly raised with mouth open (fig. 4). The figure is naked except for his boxing gloves‚ which are of an ancient Greek type with strips of leather attached to a ring around the knuckles and fitted with woolen padding (fig. 5)‚ and the infibulations of his penis by tying up the foreskin‚ which was both for protection and an element of decorum. The boxer is represented just after a match. His
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This sculpture was discovered off the coast of Cape Artemision at an ancient shipwreck. This piece is now being held at National Archaeological Museum in Athens‚ Greece. This piece belongs in the classical time period because you can see the focus is on the anatomy of the body not particularly how the body
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from the Acropolis‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 530 BCE. Marble‚ 4’ high. Zeus (or Poseidon?)‚ from the sea off Cape Artemision‚ Greece‚ ca. 460–450 BCE. Bronze‚ 6’ 10” high. POLYKLEITOS‚ Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Roman marble copy from Pompeii‚ Italy‚ after a bronze original of ca. 450–440 BCE‚ 6’ 11” high. Seated boxer‚ from Rome‚ Italy‚ ca. 100–50 BCE. Bronze‚ 4’ 2” high. Hermes and the infant Dionysus •By follower of Praxiteles (son or grandson possibly)•Contrapposto•New
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alongside with his brother Philaon‚ King of Amathounta Timonax‚ general Penthylos from the kingdom of Paphos. The first serious battleship happened near Artemision. Cypriot ships participated in this battleship. Cypriot general Penthylos of Paphos lost 11 out of his 12 ships in a storm except the one that was on it a little before the battleship of Artemision. So he went into the battleship with one ship that in the end was captured by the Greeks. Herodotus(History‚ Z’195‚ 1) reports that Penthylos was
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April 12‚ 2012 Art History Clash of the Titans (1981) Cultural Accuracy The classic cinematic masterpiece “The Clash of the Titans” tells the tale of Perseus‚ one of the first great hero’s of ancient Greece. The film has excellent set and costume design with very accurate depictions of ancient Greek culture. From comparing the art and architecture featured in the film to the examples we learned about in class and other examples I found myself‚ the film appears to be set around the high to
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Riace Bronzes (Statue A) This classical Greek sculpture is titled the Riace Bronzes. The Riace statues are two life-size bronze statues each weighing nearly a ton. Statue A which is depicted above is of a young warrior‚ while statue B which is not depicted is of an older warrior wearing a helmet. In this analysis I will be concentrating on Statue A. The sculptor of this statue remains unknown; however most experts attribute this statue to Polyclitus‚ an expert Greek
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The statue of Eros sleeping is one of the key attractions in the metropolitan museum collections for the lovers of ancient Greek history. A glimpse at the magnificent work of art takes one away‚ far back in time to the Hellenistic age. Clearly it is one of the most remarkable works in the Metropolitan Museums total collection. The statues sculptor is not known but the time of its making has been correctly identified. Moreover historical studies have revealed much surrounding the statue of Eros as
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pieces: first the Bronze statue of Artemis and a deer from Greece during the 1st century B.C- 1st Century A.D during the Late Hellenistic period‚ and second Demedji and Hennutsen from Egypt during 2465-2438 B.C. The Bronze statue of Artemis and a deer is located in the Northern end of Gallery 162‚ which contains Greek and Roman Art. The statue of Demedji and Hennutsen is located in the Southern end of Gallery 103‚ which contains Egyptian Art from the Old Kingdom Dynasties. The Bronze statue of Artemis
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remarkable outdoor bronze seated Buddha‚ also known as the Tian Tan Buddha‚ sits outside the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. One of the five largest Buddha statues in China‚ it measures thirty four meters (one hundred twelve feet ) tall‚ and weighs two hundred fifty metric tons. The construction took roughly three years to complete‚ starting in 1990 and finishing on the day of the enlightenment of Buddha‚ December 29‚ 1993. The statue consists of two hundred two pieces of bronze‚ and contains a steel
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Apoxyomenos‚ an ancient bronze statue of an athlete scraping off oil and dust from his body after a competition‚ was found in 1996. by a Belgian tourist René Wouters‚ under the sea off the little island of Vele Orjulen close to Lošinj‚ a Croatian island. The statue was lying on a sandy seabed‚ stuck between two rocks‚ at a depth of approximately 45 m. Investigations suggest that it might be an original Greek statue dated back to the 4th century BC‚ or a Roman copy of this statue. Since only a few original
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