Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art (1921)
Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871- · Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution of Washington · leaf 203
Reinach, Rep., II, 2, 550, 10; Reinach classes it as an athlete or Herakles. It is1.28 meters high (Bulle). 146 VICTOR STATUES REPRESENTED AT REST. masterpiece in the portrayal of brute strength in the most naturalisticand revolting way. If we like to think of victors as having noble forms,we are… … Fig. 27.—Head from Statue of the Seated Boxer.Museo delle Terme, Rome. professionalism had later wrought in the Greek ideal of athletics. Hereare massive proportions, bulging muscles, arms and legs hard andmuscle-bound. We can compare it only with the bronze head of aboxer found at Olympia (Fig. 61…
Sculpture, Greek · Olympics · Sports
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