Male Greek Marble Statues

Greek artists would reach a peak of artistic excellence which captured the human form in a way never before seen and which was much copied.

Male greek marble statues.

Athena was the least selfish and most noble goddess of the greek pantheon. Modern scholarship identifies three major stages in monumental sculpture in bronze and stone. A 200 b c marble sculpture depicting the greek goddess nike the winged victory of samothrace is considered today as the greatest masterpiece of hellenistic sculpture. He was the son of apollo and the nymph coronis according to legend but.

At all periods there were great numbers. It was created between 200 and 190 b c. These replicas are cast in marble resin their appearance and texture is just like the original work. Asclepios greek god of medicine statue asclepios was the greek god of medicine and healing called aesculapius in rome.

In his play the clouds c. Found in the sanctuary of asklepios at epidauros. The archaic from about 650 to 480 bc classical 480 323 and hellenistic. The moschophoros is one of the earliest dedications found at the acropolis of athens excavated in 1864 it is a kouros male youth standing 1 65 meters high made with marble from mount hymettus attiki.

Statue of asklepios pentelic marble. For a more modern look we are proud to feature a contemporary collection of male nude sculpture and male torso. The statue stands 1 18m high is made of white marble and is decorated with bronze pieces of metal all over the head and shoulders. The statue of david was created during the renaissance period between 1501 and 1504 by the famous italian artist michelangelo.

The sculpture of ancient greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient greek art as with the exception of painted ancient greek pottery almost no ancient greek painting survives. The sculpture of ancient greece from 800 to 300 bce took early inspiration from egyptian and near eastern monumental art and over centuries evolved into a uniquely greek vision of the art form. This sculpture was created during the archaic period and is a stylized image of athena the goddess of war. 419 423 bc ancient greek playwright aristophanes summed up the ideal traits of his male peers as a gleaming chest bright skin broad.

Not to honor the greek goddess nike. Rewind to the ancient greek world of around 400 bc and you ll find that large erect penises were not considered desirable nor were they a sign of power or strength. Copy of an original of the 4th c. While you will find numerous greek and roman nude statues of david by michelangelo from our classical gallery.

Cast in many various material the classical male nude sculptures can be found here. It stands at 17 feet tall and is depicted as a nude male who represents the biblical david who was a favored subject in the florence art world.