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Discover the stories behind some of the most famous ancient Greek sculptors, the world they lived and worked in, and the masterpieces they created.
Phryne the Thespian was a famed courtesan of Athens, better known for the court case she won by baring her breasts. Her actual name was Mnesarete but people referred to her as Phryne (“toad”) because of the yellow complexion of her skin.
Jules Coutan's Les chasseurs d'aigles (Eagle Hunter) was executed in 1900. The Musée d'Orsay (The Orsay Museum), housed in the former railway station, the Gare d'Orsay, holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography, and is probably best known for its extensive collection of impressionist masterpieces by popular painters such as Monet and Renoir. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum's opening in 1986.
A list of must-see works of art at the Louvre museum in Paris
🇮🇹La scultura del giorno che vi propongo oggi è l’opera più suggestiva Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: Ugolino e i suoi Figli… 🇬🇧The sculpture of the day that I propose to you today is the most…
Musée du Louvre.- The ambivalence and voluptuous curves of this figure of Hermaphroditos, who lies asleep on a mattress sculpted by Bernini, are still a source of fascination today. His body merged with that of the nymph Salmacis, whose advances he had rejected, Hermaphroditos, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, is represented as a bisexed figure. The original that inspired this figure would have dated from the 2nd century BC, reflecting the late Hellenistic taste for the theatrical.
Praxiteles, greatest of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century bce and one of the most original of Greek artists. By transforming the detached and majestic style of his immediate predecessors into one of gentle grace and sensuous charm, he profoundly influenced the subsequent course of Greek
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For those that do recognize its intricate gears and dials, this tiny, complex piece of machinery tells a vivid and incredible tale of science, shipwreck, adventure, sunken treasure and impossible chance.
