Classical Greek Statues
CLASSICAL GREEK STYLE
There is rare surviving furniture from ancient Greece, yet this classical style has informed design for centuries. Interiors of houses in antiquity were minimal, with much of a room’s color coming from frescoes on the walls and mosaics on the floors. Classical Greek furniture was sparing but finely crafted and influenced by Egyptian furniture design through Mediterranean trade.
Furnishings of the period were usually made from local wood like cypress, cedar, oak and willow from ancient Greece’s plentiful forests, although some pieces were carved from marble, such as a 300–200 B.C. throne with lion legs and a curved back now at the Getty Villa. Comfort and clean lines characterized designs during the Classical era, the symmetry and thoughtful proportions reflecting the architecture of Greek temples.
Some pieces of ancient Greek furniture were simple, rectangular platforms like the klinē, a multipurpose ancestor of today’s couches or daybeds that held cushions stuffed with wool, dry grass or down. These structures were used for both sleeping and dining, which wealthy Greeks did while reclining. At night, oil lamps illuminated rooms that frequently surrounded a garden courtyard.
Most of what scholars have learned about Greek furniture design owes to its representations in art like vases and stelae. The portable diphros stool, with its backless design and four turned legs, was one of the more common types of seating in daily Greek life — it appears as such for the gods on the Parthenon frieze. Stools without backs have been found in early Roman tombs, while benches were also common Greek seating furniture created for use in theaters. In houses of the Hellenistic period, benches seemingly functioned as tables, too.
Some designs evolved through adaptations by the Romans, including the klismos chair. After prominent archaeological excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the klismos chair — with its four saber legs and the elegant curves that define its back — was a source of inspiration for aesthetics in eras ranging from 18th-century neoclassicism to 20th-century Art Deco.
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Style: Classical Greek
Small Black Horse Head Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The special work of the horse head creates an elegant and dignified aura from compressed marble, while at the same time re-emphasizing the elegance of the horse, one of the most aesthetic animals in the ancient world and our current life.
The most important sculptures in world history...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
4 Vintage Cast Iron Four Seasons Garden Statues Figures Sculptures Pedestals 90"
Located in Dayton, OH
Monumental set of ''Four Seasons'' outdoor garden statues. Drawing inspiration from Victorian, Greek and Roman styling. Crafted with exceptional detail. Each figure is poised on a sq...
Category
20th Century Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Iron
Spectacular Portland Stone Neptune / Poseidon Statue Fountain
Located in Ware, GB
A truly spectacular piece, this Portland stone fountain provides an impressive garden feature.
A strong and daunting figure of Neptune dominates the centre gripping his trident, cle...
Category
19th Century English Antique Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Stone
Jaguar Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The ancient city of Ephesus, which dates back to 6000 BC, has been a coastal city belonging to the Romans, Greeks and Turks at different times. The city is known as the place where C...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Italian Carrara Marble Nymph Figure
Located in Newark, England
Fine Italian Carrara marble of a Nymph. The figure stood upon a rocky plinth partially nude with a draped robe seen pouring water from a large urn as she looks on. The beautiful carv...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Carrara Marble
Small Black Horse Head Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The special work of the horse head creates an elegant and dignified aura from compressed marble, while at the same time re-emphasizing the elegance of the horse, one of the most aest...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Horse Head Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The Istanbul Archaeological Museums, which are described as a "museum complex" in the Historic Peninsula, consist of three main sections in total: the Archeology Museum, the Ancient ...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Cast Stone Garden Statue of a Maiden, France circa 1950
Located in Culver City, CA
Cast stone statue with weathered patina.
Category
1950s French Vintage Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Cast Stone
Eros Bust No:1 Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Eros is the Greek god of love and desire. In ancient Greek, four separate words were used for love or amity one of which being “Eros” which meant passionate love.
-Produced from pres...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Jaguar Statue 'Set of 2' Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The ancient city of Ephesus, which dates back to 6000 BC, has been a coastal city belonging to the Romans, Greeks and Turks at different times. The city is known as the place where C...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Eros Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Eros is the Greek god of love and desire. In ancient Greek, four separate words were used for love or amity one of which being “Eros” which meant passionate love.
Eros, who is accep...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Goddess Hera Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Introducing the exquisite Hera bust, a stunning representation of the powerful and beautiful goddess of marriage, women, birth, and abundance in Greek mythol...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Eros Bust No:2 Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Eros is the Greek god of love and desire. In ancient Greek, four separate words were used for love or amity one of which being “Eros” which meant passionate love.
Eros, who is accep...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Goddess Hera Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Introducing the exquisite Hera bust, a stunning representation of the powerful and beautiful goddess of marriage, women, birth, and abundance in Greek mythol...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Vintage Four Seasons Cherub Putti Cast Cement Lawn Ornament Garden Statue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage four seasons cherub putti cast cement 32" lawn ornament garden statue. Item features single "Four Seasons" cast concrete cherub figure, great s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Stone
Black Horse Head Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
-Black painted
-Produced from pressed marble powder.
-Produced from the original molds of the works from the museum.
-The original is displayed in the Istanbul Museum.
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Jaguar Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The ancient city of Ephesus, which dates back to 6000 BC, has been a coastal city belonging to the Romans, Greeks and Turks at different times. The city is known as the place where Christianity is accepted as a pilgrimage center, and in 2015 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The jaguar sculptures of Ephesus, the city where Hippodamus first applied the famous grid city plan system, are waiting to be found in your homes with their version close to the original.-Produced from pressed marble...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
After Michelangelo's 'non-finito' Series Classical Nude Bronze, Green Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an extraordinary bronze sculpture of a Classic male nude by artist Dean Kugler. Attention to detail and complete understanding of the human figure are evident. The figure stands with most of his weight on one foot, contrapposto, and his arm stretched overhead revealing a powerful, muscular physique. With inspiration from Michelangelo's unfinished series of sculptures housed at the Galleria Dell'Acadamia Museum in Florence, displayed in the hall leading to Michelangelo's David sculpture, this figure too is bound within its own material symbolizing the eternal human struggle to free themselves from material trappings. The sculpture is beautifully custom mounted on a stone base.
Dean Kugler
Slave (after Michelangelo)
bronze
Measures: 20 H x 5 W x 5 D in
50.80 H x 12.70 W x 12.70 D cm
DK0035
Kugler uses scale and the juxtaposition of disparate elements in order to engage and challenge the viewer. He combines elements such as strength and weakness or beauty and damage to be experienced simultaneously within the same piece of work to create a tense energy. Kugler also incorporates the technical skill of tight rendering with the dynamism of abstraction to create this energy to add additional excitement and intrigue to his aesthetic.
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and figurative sculptor. His 3D work is featured primarily at Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago. In the last three years, Dean has also been featured at Abend Gallery in Denver, The Figge Art Museum, and Bereskin Gallery in Iowa. He has shown at SOFA Chicago in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and participated in ArtPrize in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
He sees himself primarily as a sculptor due to the challenges he finds and thrives on within the process. In all its beauty, crudeness, and subtleties, the figure offers infinite opportunities to express feelings and emotions. There is also a physicality to sculpture that requires the work to be experienced through movement in order to reveal more about the piece.
Dean has always been drawn to the interactive nature of large-scale sculpture that is available to the public - he loves the idea that his work entices the observer to go beyond what they can see and add tactility to the experience. By using both realism and abstraction, he creates a visual that challenges the viewer to resolve what they are seeing. Therefore, providing a greater connection between the artist and the viewer.
Education
1993 – AA from Blackhawk College.
1995 – BFA from Western Illinois University.
Texts
1995 – “Drawing: Skills, Means, Freedom”. Jan Clough / Ann Mullin. pub. 1995.
1993 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
1992 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
Bibliography
Dec 2022 - American Art Collector. “Room to grow”. Pages 48 and 49.
1 Oct 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article discussing a group show titled “Earth, Wind, and Fire” at Bereskin Gallery.
18 Aug 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article by Mike Schulz about my show titled “Relic” at the Quad City Arts.
1 Nov 2017 – Dispatch-Argus and QCOnline, Coverage of my showing at SOFA.
16 Dec 2016 – River Cities Reader. Article by Rick Martin about one-man art show titled “It Figures” at Black Hawk...
Category
2010s American Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Bronze
Horse Head Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The Istanbul Archaeological Museums, which are described as a "museum complex" in the Historic Peninsula, consist of three main sections in total: the Archeology Museum, the Ancient Oriental Works Museum and the Tiled Kiosk Museum. The Istanbul Archeology Museum, which is the first museum in Istanbul, is home to numerous iconic sculptures, such as horse head busts.
The most important sculptures in world...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Short Architectural Rustic Greek Concrete Corinthian Column 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A short architectural rustic Corinthian concrete column. Created from concrete, this small column will be a great accent to a patio perhaps with a concrete bust placed atop. It is ro...
Category
20th Century American Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Concrete
Eros Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Eros is the Greek god of love and desire. In ancient Greek, four separate words were used for love or amity one of which being “Eros” which meant passionate love.
Eros, who is accep...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Antique Apoxyomenos Male Marble Torso Sculpture, White Carrara Marble, XIX Sec.
Located in Rome, IT
Antique male marble torso, circa 1850
A copy of the roman marble statue Apoxyomenus in Musei Vaticani in Rome (I sec d.c.) copy of a greek bronze athlete statue...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Carrara Marble
Old Weathered Statue of the Goddess Tyche Holding a Snake
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Old weathered statue of the goddess tyche holding a snake
A Sitting Statue of the Greek Goddess Tyche holding a snake set on a round base
This is ...
Category
Early 20th Century Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Concrete
Italian Stone Sculpture of Classical Torso of Hercules with Base
Located in Rome, IT
This reproduction of a classical Hellenistic sculpture of Hercules.
A timeless piece for interior and a garden decoration.
We can raise with a base on request.
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Limestone
Terracotta Sculpture of Hebe by Kuhse and Ernst March Söhne
Located in London, GB
This life-sized terracotta sculpture of the classical Greek figure, Hebe, is a truly beautiful piece. Daughter of Zeus and Hera, Hebe was the go...
Category
1880s German Antique Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Terracotta
Marble Sculpture Resting Hermes by Lysippos, 21st Century
By (after) Lysippos
Located in Greding, DE
Life-sized marble sculpture of the so called ‘Resting Hermes’ by Lysippos. The sculpture was hand-carved out of white marble and has a fine surface.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Marble
Antique Carved Marble Garden Putto Figure
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large scale sculpture of a laughing putto standing on an elaborate foliate base, supporting a basket weave footed vase overflowing with large acanthus leaves (some with small drill...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Marble
Copy of the Marble Sculpture "The Head of the Horse of Selene, " 20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Marble horse head on a base. The eyes are torn open and the mouth is open. The ears as well as the nasal openings are very elaborate. The surface is very fine. Handmade after "The head of the horse of...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Marble
Limestone Statue
Located in Washington, DC
An Italian carved limestone statue of a Napolitan Musician
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Limestone
Eros Bust No:1 Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Eros is the Greek god of love and desire. In ancient Greek, four separate words were used for love or amity one of which being “Eros” which meant passionate love.
-Produced from ...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Statues
Materials
Statuary Marble
Classical Greek statues for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Classical Greek statues for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage statues created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with stone, marble and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Classical Greek statues made in a specific country, there are Asia, Caucasus, and Turkey pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original statues, popular names associated with this style include and LAGU. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for statues differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $70 and tops out at $44,179 while the average work can sell for $1,185.
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