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Replica Of The Bronze Greek Sculpture Editorial Photo


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Replica of the bronze Greek sculpture #148264189
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This replica was exhibited in 2018 at the National Museum of Cultures in Mexico City. The sculpture was found in 1928 at the bottom of the sea near Cape Artemisio, near Histiaca, north of the island of Euboea. One of the arms of the statue was found two years earlier, in 1926. The statue traveled inside a ship dated between the end of the 1st century BC. C. and the beginning of the 1st century. It is currently in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.The sculpture in perspective.The statue has been dated by experts around 460 BC. C., framed in the severe style, transition period between archaism and classicism. The work represents a god at the moment of throwing with the right hand an object that has been lost. Its size is greater than natural 2.10 m., Is naked and striding. It is discussed if the represented one is Zeus throwing a ray or Poseidon throwing his trident. It has been argued that the position of the fingers of the hand, which is open, seems more appropriate to hold a trident while a ray is usually represented grasped with the closed hand. However, the idea of ​​a throwing trident is strange and when you have tried to rebuild the statue with the possible trident, the figure is spoiled.

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