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Nijinsky-Petrouchka

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Parade 1917

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The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa - Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome

Marble and Stucco

#high renaissance #renaissance #sculpture #marble #ecstasy #orgasm #God #holy #light #shade #stucco #bernini

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Winged Victory of Samothrace-200 BC

Louvre, Paris

Depicts the Goddess Nike

Considered one of the greatest works of Hellenist Sculpture. It was built in celebration of General Demetrius victory in Cyprus

#victory #gods #goddess #olympia #statue #sculpture #winged #louvre #paris #hellenist #hellenic #cyprus

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Marathon Boy or Ephebe of Marathon

340-330 BC

School of Praxiteles

A athlete, having triumphed in competition, relaxes and celebrates after his exertion, supposedly leaning on a column.

#Greek #sculpture #classical sculpture #art #praxiteles #marathon #celebration #aegean #bronze

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Alexander the Great as Helios.  Roman copy after a Hellenistic Greek original (3rd/2nd cent. BCE).  Now in the Capitoline Museum.

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Discobulus of Myron 

Depicts an athlete in the process of throwing a discus. Noted for the perfect proportions

#discus #discus thrower #sculpture #classical #classical sculpture #greek #athenian #sport #man #toned #muscular

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The Farnese Atlas - 150 AD

National Archaeological Museum of Naples

Atlas crouched, carrying celestial spheres he was sentenced to hold by Zeus

#atlas #sculpture #roman #classical sculpture #globe #celestial #sphere #muscled #male #man #nude #naked #strain #weight #zeus #god #mythology #divine

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Exhibition at the British Museum in London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/defining_beauty.aspx

#Museum #gallery #sculpture #beauty #discovery #statue #classical #roman #gree #athens #athenian

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Laocoon and His Sons

Trojan Priest Laocoon with his two sons, Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents.

Portrayal of agony shown through the constricted,  tensed bodies and the physical contortion of the face.

#greek #roman #pain #agony #sculpture #statue #Virgil #Pliny #priest #Troy #Trojan #Hellenistic #Baroque

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Boxer at Rest or The Boxer of Quirinal

National Museum of Rome  Constructed from eight pieces.  Nude Male, wearing Caestus (Leather Hand wraps).

#greek #sculpture #statue #boxer #boxing #muscular #man #male #bronze #copper #scarred #cauliflower ear

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#apollo #greek #athens #sculpture #athenian #statue #man #god #divine