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To deal with this problem, the ancient Greeks adopted the process of hollow lost-wax casting to make large, freestanding bronze statues. Typically, large-scale sculpture was cast in several pieces, such as the head, torso, arms, and legs.
Bronze sculpture. The Victorious Youth (between 4th-2nd centuries BC), is a rare, water-preserved bronze from ancient Greece. Chinese ritual bronze, a Late Shang dǐng. Benin bronze of a woman's head. Gilt-bronze doors of the Baptistry of Florence Cathedral ( Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1401-22).
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Jul 21, 2015 · Bronze lends itself to emotional expression. Bronze sculpture is made with the lost-wax casting process, a technique that allows for finer detailing than stone carving. Because bronze is strong, metal sculptures could also have more dynamic forms than marble sculptures. In ancient times, bronze sculptures were common.
- Equestrian Statue of the Gattamelata (1453) by Donatello. Donatello (1386 – 1466) 1453. 390.
- Perseus with the Head of Medusa (1545) by Benvenuto Cellini. Benvenuto Cellini (1500 – 1571) 1545. 200.
- Manneken Pis (1619) by Jerôme Duquesnoy. Jerôme Duquesnoy (1570 – 1641) 1619. 55 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
- The Bronco Buster (1895) by Frederic Remington. Frederic Remington (1861 – 1909) 1895. 57 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States.
- The Delphi Charioteer.
- The Artemesium Zeus.
- The Antikythera Youth.
- Artemis by Euphranor.
Mar 21, 2024 · Greek Sculpture of the Classical Era Roman copy of a Greek bronze statue from circa 450 BCE by Polykleitos, 41-54 CE. Source: MET The Classical era of ancient Greek sculpture, which emerged in the 5th century BCE, is renowned for its emphasis on harmony, idealized beauty, and the pursuit of perfect proportions. It represents a pinnacle of ...
Ancient Greek sculpture. Riders from the Parthenon Frieze, around 440 BC. 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. Modern scholarship identifies three major stages in monumental sculpture in bronze and ...
