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A Collection of 5 Marble Sculpture Portrait of Roman Emperors Grand Tour Style

after 1800

An aged statuary classical greek roman marble torso sculpture of an athlete, grand tour style central Italy early 20th century. The nude body of the athlete standing on his right leg with the left one advanced in contrapposto position, the sculpture stand on an iron pin on a squared roman travertine basement. An highly and detailed anatomical definition introduce the observer to a discovery of the classical canons of beauty, introduced into Greek and then Roman sculpture from the very beginning. Prior to the introduction of contrapposto, the statues that dominated ancient Greece were the archaic kouros (male) and the kore (female). Contrapposto has been used since the dawn of classical western sculpture. According to the canon of the Classical Greek sculptor Polykleitos in the 4th century BCE, it is one of the most important characteristics of his figurative works and those of his successors, Lysippos, Skopas, etc. The Polykletian statues (Discophoros ("discus-bearer") and Doryphoros ("spear-bearer"), for example) are idealized athletic young men with the divine sense, and captured in contrapposto. In these works, the pelvis is no longer axial with the vertical statue...

A white marble nude torso sculpture of the god Apollo in grand tour style, classical greek carved in the 20th century, probably Italia centrale. Apollo depicted nude with a releva...

This is a gorgeous hand-carved marble object. The marble is polished and has an amazing tactile feeling. This piece is celebrates our connection to everyday objects and reminds us ...

Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Diana Sculpture II" Series: Sculpture *Signed, titled, and dated by Graves on bottom Year: 2022 Medium: Original Acrylic Painted Cast Marble Sculpture Dimensions: 17" tall x 6.88" wide x 6" deep Weight: 3 pounds Condition: In mint condition Notes: This is a unique work, not from an edition. The raw white cast marble sculpture itself was not created by the artist; it is a found object which Graves has hand-painted and transformed with his own design. The sculpture is cast marble: over 90% natural crushed Greek Marble stone with a small amount of resin poured into a mold, made in Heraklion, Greece. Diana is a goddess in Roman and Hellenistic religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside, hunters, crossroads, and the Moon. She is equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, and absorbed much of Artemis' mythology early in Roman history, including a birth on the island of Delos to parents Jupiter and Latona, and a twin brother, Apollo, though she had an independent origin in Italy...