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"The Evolution And Legacy Of Classical Greece" is a group dedicated to the discussion and study of the Greeks from their early migrations through their rise in power, as a culture, economic, and military force, to their ultimate decline. (ca. 800 BC to 167 BC) |
Greek Art
(- threads, 93 posts)
 The Torso
Historical Thread
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A place to exhibit, discuss, and muse about some notable torsos. And why, though as Michelangelo lamented, the Greek or classical originals were "lost" - broken by accidents of man or nature, since the Renaissance they have been so admired that sculptors have deliberately created them - as if to prove the torso is the purest and most potent way to celebrate the human form and spirit. See also the thread here on "Sculpture" for many more images and opinions on Greek and other torsos.
A 1st century BC Apollo in the Detroit Institute of Art
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Blake's Tortured Torsos (* DIonysia Xanthippos, Apr 19, 2008 - 13:09 ) The Torsos of Maria Kuczynska (* DIonysia Xanthippos, Mar 16, 2008 - 21:18 ) A Lovely Aphrodite Torso (* DIonysia Xanthippos, Feb 22, 2008 - 22:43 ) Rilke's Archaic Torso of Apollo (* DIonysia Xanthippos, Feb 20, 2008 - 13:52 ) The World's Most Famous Torso? (* DIonysia Xanthippos, Feb 20, 2008 - 13:47 )|
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