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Greek bronze panoply with muscle cuirass from Southern Italy, 340–330 BC. In classical antiquity , the muscle cuirass ( Latin : lorica musculata ), [a] anatomical cuirass , or heroic cuirass is a type of cuirass made to fit the wearer's torso and designed to mimic an idealized male human physique.
The cuirass is notable for its excellent state of preservation and its exquisitely rendered anatomical detail. In the slight droop of its pectorals and the prominence of the belly and external oblique muscles, it captures the fleshy reality of a mature man’s strong but mortal body. It is an embodiment of ancient Greek artistic sensibility at ...
In classical antiquity, the muscle cuirass, anatomical cuirass, or heroic cuirass is a type of cuirass made to fit the wearer's torso and designed to mimic an idealized male human physique. It first appears in late Archaic Greece and became widespread throughout the 5th and 4th centuries BC.
Cuirass. A cuirass ( / kwɪˈræs, kjʊəˈræs /; [1] French: cuirasse, Latin: coriaceus) is a piece of armour that covers the torso, formed of one or more pieces of metal or other rigid material. The word probably originates from the original material, leather, from the French cuirace and Latin word coriacea. The use of the term "cuirass ...
In classical antiquity, the muscle cuirass (Latin: lorica musculata), anatomical cuirass, or heroic cuirass is a type of cuirass made to fit the wearer's torso and designed to mimic an idealized male human physique. It first appears in late Archaic Greece and became widespread throughout the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Originally made from hammered bronze plate, boiled leather also came to be ...
In classical antiquity, the muscle cuirass [1] or heroic cuirass is a type of body armor cast to fit the wearer's torso and designed to mimic an idealized human physique. It first appears in late Archaic Greece and became widespread throughout the 5th and 4th centuries BC. [2] It is commonly...
May 26, 2021 · Archaic Greek Bell Cuirass. A Greek "bell cuirass" from the Archaic Period, made between the 7th and 6th century BCE. This cuirass was developed on the Greek mainland and predated the more recognizable "muscle cuirass" whose design imitated a male torso. National Archaeological Museum of Spain.
