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  2. Ancient Greek sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Natural marble. By the classical period, roughly the 5th and 4th centuries BC, monumental sculpture was composed almost entirely of marble or bronze; with cast bronze becoming the favoured medium for major works by the early 5th century BC; many pieces of sculpture known only in marble copies made for the Roman market were originally made in bronze.

  3. Elgin Marbles - Wikipedia

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    The Elgin Marbles (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n / EL-ghin) [1] are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece and shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum in London.

  4. Classical Greek sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Today the formal patterns of classical Greek sculpture, its humanism and emphasis on the nude have found a new way to impress society, influencing the conception of beauty and practices regarding the body, resurrecting a cultivation of the physical that was born with the Greeks and influences various customs related to sexuality and the concept ...

  5. Marble sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Winged Victory of Samothrace, Hellenistic marble sculpture of the 3rd century BC. Hammer and point work is the technique used in working stone, in use at least since Roman times, as it is described in the legend of Pygmalion, and even earlier, the ancient Greek sculptors used it from c. 650 BC. It consists of holding the pointed chisel against ...

  6. Venus de Milo - Wikipedia

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    The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos [b] is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain, but the modern consensus places it in the 2nd century BC, perhaps between 160 and 110 BC.

  7. Classical sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Leochares: Apollo Belvedere.Roman copy of 130–140 AD after a Greek bronze original of 330–320 BC. Vatican Museums. Classical sculpture (usually with a lower case "c") refers generally to sculpture from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, as well as the Hellenized and Romanized civilizations under their rule or influence, from about 500 BC to around 200 AD.

  8. Group of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros - Wikipedia

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    The Group of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros (Greek: Αφροδίτη, Παν και Έρως) is an ancient marble Greek sculpture of the first century BC depicting the goat-legged god Pan trying to woo Aphrodite, the goddess of love and desire, unsuccessfully.

  9. Nike of Megara - Wikipedia

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    The Nike of Megara (Greek: Νίκη των Μεγάρων) is a large ancient Greek marble sculpture of the late fourth or early third century BC.The Hellenistic statue depicts Nike, the winged Greek goddess of victory; its arms, wings and head are not preserved.

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