Marble head and torso of Athena
Roman imperial copy of a greek original of the end of the 5th century B.C.
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Marble stele (gravemarker) of a woman
Greek, Attic, mid-4th century B.C.
Marble statue of a kouros
Greek, Attic, ca. 590 - 580 B.C.
Bronze statue of Eros sleeping
Hellenistic or Augustan period, 3rd century B.C. - early 1st century A.D.
Marble statue of Aphrodite
Greek, Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C.
Marble portrait bust of the co-emperor Lucius Verus
Roman, Antonine period, A.D. 161 - 169
Marble portrait bust of Marcus Aurelius
Roman, Antonine, ca. A.D. 161 - 169
Table support with a marble statue of Pan
Roman, Imperial period, 1st or 2nd century A.D.
Marble statue of Hermes
Roman, Imperial period, 1st or 2nd century A.D.
Photograph by Jeanloup Sieff
Photograph by Jeanloup Sieff (1933-2000)
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Late Classical period (ca. 400-323 BCE)
Aphrodite of Knidos (ca. 350-340 BCE) by Praxiteles (Roman copy). The first nude statue of a goddess.
More focus on the real world of appearances than to the ideal world of perfect beings. Smaller heads and slimmer bodies. The expression is more passionate and sculptors had a more individual style than earlier.
A sculpture in The Royal Baths Park in Warsaw, Poland
(photo: me)
A sculpture in The Royal Baths Park in Warsaw, Poland
(photo: me)
The Three Graces (1814-1817) by Antonio Canova
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