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The sculpture was probably commissioned by an aristocratic clan or a prosperous community and erected in a religious sanctuary near the ancient Etruscan town of Arezzo, about 50 miles southeast of Florence. [8] The Chimera was one of a hoard of bronzes that had been carefully buried for safety sometime in classical antiquity. A bronze replica ...
the bronze Chimera of Arezzo, dated 400 BC, at the National Archaeological Museum in Florence; The Mars of Todi, a bronze sculpture from 400 BC in the Museo Etrusco Gregoriano of the Vatican; The Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, 150–140 BC, a masterpiece of Etruscan art in terracotta, now at the British Museum
Chimera of Arezzo": an Etruscan bronze According to Hesiod , the Chimera's mother was a certain ambiguous "she", which may refer to Echidna , in which case the father would presumably be Typhon , though possibly (unlikely) the Hydra or even Ceto was meant instead. [ 4 ]
A Chinese bronze statue of a mythological chimera (a lion-like creature with wings, horns, fangs, and claws), from the Eastern Han Dynasty, dated 1st century AD. F1961.3 Date
Livy reports in his Roman history that a statue was erected at the foot of the Palatine Hill in 295 BC. [7] Pliny the Elder mentions the presence in the Roman Forum of a statue of a she-wolf that was "a miracle proclaimed in bronze nearby, as though she had crossed the Comitium while Attus Navius was taking the omens".
Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs , and small statuettes and figurines , as well as bronze elements to be fitted to other objects such as furniture.
The qilin (English: / tʃ i ˈ l ɪ n / chee-LIN; Chinese: 麒麟) is a legendary hooved chimerical creature that appears in Chinese mythology, and is said to appear with the imminent arrival or death of a sage or illustrious ruler. [1] Qilin are a specific type of the lin mythological family of one-horned beasts. The qilin also appears in the ...
The Orator, also known as L'Arringatore (), Aule Meteli or Aulus Metellus (), is an Etruscan bronze sculpture from the late second or the early first century BC. [1] Aulus Metellus was an Etruscan senator in the Roman republic, originally from Perugia or Cortona. [2]