Marble Statue Of The Diadoumenos Draw
The statue made a significant impact on the art and culture of the ancient greek period.
Marble statue of the diadoumenos draw. If it looks familiar and a little clichéd no wonder. The original was created in c a. The marble statue of diadoumenos is a copy of the original bronze statue displaying a young man tying a fillet around his head. It is made of parisian marble and stands nine feet 2 7 meters tall.
The statue was made to commemorate the naval victory of a macedonian general. Made of marble from the imperial age roman was originally a bronze greek statue marble statue of the diadoumenos now there are several marble copies the romans masters of mechanics also developed a pointing process using instruments like calipers for tracing statues in three. By a man called polykleitos of argos. Marble sculpture is the art of creating three dimensional forms from marble.
Learn more about this artwork. The metropolitan museum of art new york city united states. Polykleitos was the shakespeare of greek sculpture setting a trend contrapposto see below whose influence continues to this day like most ancient greek statues the original bronze. Remainder of the figure is a cast taken from a marble copy found at delos and now in the nation museum athens.
By a man called polykleitos of argos. Copy of a greek bronze statue of ca. 430 bce by polykleitos head arms and legs from the knees down and tree trunk are ancient. The marble statue of diadoumenos is a copy of the original bronze statue displaying a young man tying a fillet around his head.
Fragments of a marble statue of the diadoumenos youth tying a fillet around his head polykleitos ca. Polykleitos was a greek sculptor who worked during the mid fifth century b c. Download this artwork provided by the metropolitan museum of art. Even before painting cave walls early humans fashioned shapes from stone.
The fragments of a marble statue of diadoumenos youth trying a fillet around his head is located in the met museum in the roman and greek exhibition across from marble statue of a wounded amazon the statue stands around 6 feet tall about the size of an average person and is made out of marble. From these beginnings artifacts have evolved to their current complexity. The original was created in c a. The diadumenos diadem bearer together with the doryphoros spear bearer are two of the most famous figural types of the sculptor polyclitus forming a basic pattern of ancient greek sculpture that all present strictly idealised representations of young male athletes in a convincingly naturalistic manner.
The diadumenos is the winner of an athletic contest at a games still nude after. He was one of the most famous artists of the ancient world. Polykleitos was a greek sculptor who worked during the mid fifth century b c.