further examples of greek and roman sculpture to accompany the resource packet, exploring classical...
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Further Examples of Greek and Roman Sculpture
To accompany the resource packet, Exploring Classical Art at the MFA: Images of Power
“Lady of Auxerre” statuette, c. 640 BC,
Crete. Limestone. Height 25 ½ inches.
Louvre Museum, Paris
Moschophoros (Calfbearer), from Athens, c. 560 BC,
Marble. Height (restored) 5 feet 5 inches. Acropolis
Museum, Athens
Grave Stele of Aristion (the Warrior), by Aristokles,
c. 510 BC, Marble. Height 7 feet 10 ½ inches. National Museum, Athens
Charioteer of Delphi. c. 478 or 474 BC.
Bronze with copper (lips, eyelashes), silver (teeth,
headband), and onyx (eyes). Height 5 feet 11 inches.
Delphi Museum
Mourning Athena relief, from Athens. c. 470 BC,
Marble. Height 19 inches. Acropolis Museum,
Athens
Demosthenes by Polyeuktos.Roman copy of a bronze portrait
statue erected in Athens. c. 280 BC, Marble. Height 6 feet 7 ½ inches.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, Copenhagen
Portrait Bust of a Man, c. 1st century BC, Marble.
Republican, Roman. Height 14 ½ inches.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus, 41-54 AD, Sardonyx.
Julio-Claudian, Roman. 1 ½ x 1 1/8 inch.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Portrait Statue of a Woman, 130-140 AD, Marble.
Found at the Temple of Aphrodite (Cyrene), Roman.
Height 5.8 feet. British Museum, London