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Marble statue of an old woman roman.
Ancient roman marble statue sculpture head of a bearded man with a cap.
The roman copy could have decorated a garden.
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The greek original sculpture is long lost but two roman copies survive one in the capitoline museum in rome and the other in the glyptothek in munich.
These works usually made in marble or bronze frequently idealized their bodies and emphasized often fictional connections to great military commanders of the past.
This genre sculpture is notable for its stark realism.
The old market woman figure 1 is nothing like what one would expect from a greek statue.
The original work may have been dedicated in a sanctuary of dionysos.
During the republican era artists carved realistic portraits of people including political leaders military officials and historians from the chest or neck up known as busts these life sized works are celebrated for their impressively.
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Roman sculpture did however begin to search for new avenues of artistic expression moving away from their etruscan and greek roots and by the mid 1st century ce roman artists were seeking to capture and create optical effects of light and shade for greater realism.
This large figure probably was part of a group of funerary statues that were placed within a deep covered niche.
Portraits or busts and marble copies of greek bronzes.
The old drunkard is a female seated statue from the hellenistic period which survives in two roman marble copies.
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Ancient roman marble head bearded male possibly zeus 1st 2nd century ad ex hjb.
One such statue to generate this is the old market woman.
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Ancient roman sculptors are predominantly known for two types of marble sculptures.
The original was probably also made of marble.
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Many artifacts and artworks survive from the roman era.
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The old market woman is an example of realism that evolved in the hellenistic times as well as a votive statue to the god dionysus and a woman that can be compared to a drunk.
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Starting with augustus the first emperor roman leaders started to use statues as propaganda.
By later antiquity there was even a move towards impressionism using tricks of light and abstract forms.
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