Classic Art - Sculpture

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  • Penny_Lane_
    Penny_Lane_ Posts: 163
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    The Three Graces, from the Borghese Collection in the Louvre.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,780 Member
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    Michaelangelo's David is exceptional when you ultimately consider that different body parts (like his head) were not made proportional, but rather made larger because of the way that the sculpture would be presented (on a roofline with patrons looking up) and the need to accentuate certain parts.
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
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    What do you think David's BF% is? Looks like an 18 to me.
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
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    I always thought David was a great inspiration in fitness, didn't need the close up on his junk though. Artistic as it is.
    Thanks for posting.
    I was just thinking that I appreciated the attention to detail, particularly that of his "junk". Thank you Penny_Lane_.
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
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    I always thought David was a great inspiration in fitness, didn't need the close up on his junk though. Artistic as it is.
    Thanks for posting.
    I was just thinking that I appreciated the attention to detail, particularly that of his "junk". Thank you Penny_Lane_.

    How he handled the hair is incredible, it almost looks like feathers.
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
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    i also love this version of Achilles. i like the whole WTF attitude he has in this. it's not the pleading, crying Achilles, it's someone who has never had pain before and is SHOCKED by it.

    yes
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,780 Member
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    Michaelangelo's Pieta is one of my all time favorite classic sculptures.

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  • BeeElMarvin
    BeeElMarvin Posts: 2,086 Member
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  • carloc
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    I got back from Rome last week, was only there for a couple of days but did the Vatican city and the museum. Amazing art collection not even mentioning the Sistine Chapel. And then when you have completed the museum and are tired you enter the Basilica and are immediately greeted by Michelangelo's Pieta. A truly amazing day out.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
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    Rodin's Iris, Messenger of the Gods, completed in Bronze in the early to mid 1880s, has always been one of my favorites. Rodin's pieces evoke a raw passion that was constrained by the classicists. His lines are never clean, the medium carries a dark patina, and he shows all flaws of the subject matter.

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    The raw beauty of his sculpture isn't hindered by the unnecessary. The Messenger needs only one arm and no head, for her message comes from the water she delivers.
  • rob1976
    rob1976 Posts: 1,328 Member
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    I'm a fan of newer art like Luis Royo

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  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
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    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
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
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    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.

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  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
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    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_
    Penny_Lane_ Posts: 163
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    Let us not forget.... the maestro.... Bernini!

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  • nightengale7
    nightengale7 Posts: 563 Member
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    Veiled Vestal:
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    She is absolutely breathtaking, the detail on the veil is exsquisite.
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
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    Let us not forget.... the maestro.... Bernini!

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    Hades and Persephone is so amazing.
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
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    ok - this is my last one for the day, then i need to finish herding papers over here:

    Sleeping Hermaphrodite.

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

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

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    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
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
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    Let us not forget.... the maestro.... Bernini!

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

    Ecstasy of Ludovica Albertoni

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    **edited to fix a major copy/paste fail
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
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    ok - this is my last one for the day, then i need to finish herding papers over here:

    Sleeping Hermaphrodite.
    ...............

    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!

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