Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art (1921)
Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871- · Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution of Washington · leaf 204
muscle-bound. We can compare it only with the bronze head of aboxer found at Olympia (Fig. 61 A and B) of similar style and age.1 Butthere we have only the head, while here we have a complete statuealmost perfectly preserved, the only restorations being a portion of theleft thumb, a piece of the… … Bronze Statue of the Seated Boxer. Museo delle Terme, Rome. GENERAL MOTIVES OF STATUES AT REST. 147 body. He leans forward, his arms rest on his thighs, and his head,sunk between his shoulders, is raised and turned to the right, as hestupidly looks around at the applauding spectators. His nose is…
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