Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art (1921)
Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871- · Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution of Washington · leaf 313
ED IN MOTION. of the Museo delle Terme (Fig. 53). Here a close-fitting glove coverseach forearm, leaving the upper joints of the fingers free and the palmopen. It extends to above the wrist and ends in a rim of fur. Over itare drawn three thick bands of leather, which cover the first joints ofthe… … Fig. 53.—Forearm with Glove,the Seated Boxer (PI. 16).Rome. From the Statue ofMuseo delle Terme, straps which are interlaced several times around hand and wrist.Similar gloves appear on the Sorrento boxer in Naples (Fig. 57),1 on thebronze forearm of a statue from Herculaneum in Naples,2 on a left…
Sculpture, Greek · Olympics · Sports
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