Classic Art - Sculpture

rob1976

I'm a fan of newer art like Luis Royo

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Fallen Caryatid by Rodin

I love how she's still trying to lift the stone even though she's already fallen under the weight of it.

Otterluv

I'm a fan of newer art like Luis Royo

That piece is absolutely stunning, and appears to depict a subject that has been explored by artists for hundreds of years (Daphne turning into a tree). Another example of the same subject is by Bernini, created in the 1620's: Apollo and Daphne.

maab_connor

Hercules and Diomedes.

i like the differences between this and David. i think that they show off so well the differences between the pagan faith and the xian faith. the xian figure is venerated and calm, while the pagan figure is in the middle of a seemingly DIRTY fight. kinda makes you re-think the Trials of Hercules.

Penny_Lane_

Let us not forget.... the maestro.... Bernini!

nightengale7

Veiled Vestal:




She is absolutely breathtaking, the detail on the veil is exsquisite.

maab_connor

Let us not forget.... the maestro.... Bernini!

Hades and Persephone is so amazing.

maab_connor

ok - this is my last one for the day, then i need to finish herding papers over here:

Sleeping Hermaphrodite.


the figure herself (b/c back then they didn't have xerselves) was excavated from Roman Ruins.


and the peice was beautiful and moving, as you can see, but fragile b/c of the angles


it was presented to Cardinal Borghese, who paid Bernini to sculpt the mattress. just the mattress.

i love the story, i love the god and i love the piece!

Otterluv

Let us not forget.... the maestro.... Bernini!

Oh Bernini, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways....

Ecstasy of Ludovica Albertoni



**edited to fix a major copy/paste fail

Otterluv

ok - this is my last one for the day, then i need to finish herding papers over here:

Sleeping Hermaphrodite.
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i love the story, i love the god and i love the piece!

Oh my goodness, I am completely unfamiliar with that one! I'm going to go look it up, it's gorgeous!

WeightHacker

The weeping angels these pics says it all

maab_connor

The weeping angels these pics says it all

oh Moffat...

Ed98043

I can't decide if this is a serious thread of if it's just being used as an adolescent ploy to post pictures of genitals. Some of each, I think.

One of the most memorable sculptures I saw when from visiting Rome was the Dying Gaul:

KinzieElise

for marble, you can't beat Winged Victory (IMHO)

This one has been my favorite ever since I saw it in The Louvre.

Penny_Lane_

I can't decide if this is a serious thread of if it's just being used as an adolescent ploy to post pictures of genitals. Some of each, I think.

The penis shows up in Greek art a lot--big ones as well as small ones. For example, there's the temple of Dionysus on the island of Delos, which features giant stone penises carved in the third century BC. Decapitated now, they're still impressively scaled and in a state of salute. (The academic term describing this condition, incidentally, is ithyphallic.)

A common boundary marker and household totem in ancient Greece was the herm, originally a representation of the god Hermes. It consisted of a head on top of a simple squarish pillar--your basic supersized Pez dispenser--unadorned except for, in front, an amply proportioned, usually erect, and sometimes arrestingly protrusive penis and *kitten*. Scholars tell us that such decorations were apotropaic (you learn a lot of vocabulary in this field)--that is, intended to ward off evil, and that folks back then paid no more attention to them than we would to a lucky horseshoe. Maybe. All I'm saying is, stuff that even now we'd consider hard-core porn you saw then just walking down to the Piraeus.

Some of the major masterpieces in history have been posted here....

Timshel_

Small scale immensity! Panayotis Panayis.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

for marble, you can't beat Winged Victory (IMHO)

This one has been my favorite ever since I saw it in The Louvre.

It's a favorite of mine as well, although I've never been fortunate enough to visit the Louvre.

OnionMomma

I don't know alot about sculptures but what I do know is that I can spend hours at our local art museum looking at it!

This is my favorite there because it reminds me of little mischievous boys! Like the little one that lives at our house!

http://collection.chrysler.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/1/title-asc?t:state:flow=8ccf6992-982f-4689-8bf6-68f377302733

I also like this one on display there:

http://collection.chrysler.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/0/title-asc?t:state:flow=16b20c68-eb5a-433c-be83-0f37a5c1db03

nightengale7

NM.