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Ruspoli Faun, Munich Glyptothek (inv. 228) The Resting Satyr or Leaning Satyr, also known as the Satyr anapauomenos (in ancient Greek ἀναπαυόμενος, from ἀναπαύω / anapaúô, to rest) is a statue type generally attributed to the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles. Some 115 examples of the type are known, of which the best ...
Aug 30, 2023 · The text on this page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, unless otherwise noted. Images and other media are excluded. Faun of Praxiteles; about 1844–1877; James Anderson (British, 1813 - 1877); Albumen silver print; Image: 25 × 19.2 cm (9 13/16 × 7 9/16 in.); 84.XP.709.484 The J. Paul Getty Museum in ...
Faun of Praxiteles James Anderson about 1844–1877. The J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, United States. A marble statue of a young man leaning against a tree stump.
Apr 16, 2024 · The Marble Faun; or, The Romance of Monte Beni. The Marble Faun, novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1860. It is one of the works Hawthorne called romances—“unrealistic” stories in exotic settings. The central metaphor of The Marble Faun is a statue of a faun by Praxiteles that Hawthorne had seen in Rome.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1860
The familiar “Faun” of the Capitol is, we know, but a late copy of his famous Satyr. But the last ten years have given to us a safer standard, one genuine piece of work from the very hand of Praxiteles himself, of little repute indeed among the ancients, but still undoubtedly authentic.
The faun ( Latin: Faunus, pronounced [ˈfäu̯nʊs̠]; Ancient Greek: φαῦνος, romanized : phaûnos, pronounced [pʰâu̯nos]) is a half- human and half- goat mythological creature appearing in Greek and Roman mythology . Originally fauns of Roman mythology were ghosts ( genii) of rustic places, lesser versions of their chief, the god Faunus.
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The Greek and Roman worlds' most celebrated statue enjoyed a remarkable reputation in Hellenistic times, and its fame was even greater and more widespread in the Roman period. Pliny tells us that Praxiteles made two statues of Aphrodite, one draped, the other naked. Both were presented to the people of the Greek island of Kos, who chose the ...
