Spear-Bearer part of the exhibition entitled – Defining Beauty – The Body in Ancient Greek Art now a
Spear-Bearer part of the exhibition entitled – Defining Beauty – The Body in Ancient Greek Art now at the British MuseumThis statue is the result of an attempt to reconstruct Polyklet’s original work, as faithfully as possible, on the basis of existing Roman copies – a method pioneered by Adolf Furtwängler in the 19th century, which is still in use today. In order to “recreate” Polyklet’s original figure, between 1910 and 1912 the Munich sculptor Georg Römer reproduced what were regarded as the qualitatively most convincing and best preserved elements of three Roman copies. Cast made 1920-21.http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/defining_beauty.aspx -- source link
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