Marble bust of the youth
Marble bust of the youth
Published 2017-02-23T17:15:20+00:00
The very short hair and the broken cartillage of the ears indicate that this head belonged to either a statue of Herakles or a victorious athlete. The Romans often created decorative works by carving the heads of well-known Greek statues on busts or on rectangular herms. The surface of this piece has been severly cleaned and the back may have been re-cut in modern times.
A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. These forms recreate the likeness of an individual. These may be of any medium used for sculpture, such as marble, bronze, terracotta or wood. A parallel term, aust, is a representation of the upper part of an animal or mythical creature.
Sculptural portrait heads from classical antiquity are sometimes displayed as busts. However, these are often fragments from full-body statues, or were created to be inserted into an existing body.
Date de publication | 23/02/2017 |
Durée d’impression | 180 - 240 minutes |
Quantité de filament | 150 grams |
Dimensions | 69,72mm x 58,50mm x 121,42 |
Technologie | FDM |
Complexité | Medium |
Titre | Marble bust of the youth |
Date | I or II century A.D. |
Période | Antiquity |
Medium | Marble |
Credit | Copy of the head of a Greek statue of the 4th Century B.C. |
Localisation | Metropolitan Museum of Art |