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Help With Statue - Sulla - 03-28-2007 Hi I am trying to find a some larger images of this statue and a date if possible. Re: Help With Statue - Gaius Julius Caesar - 03-28-2007 Something odd about that statue! :? Re: Help With Statue - Sulla - 03-28-2007 I found some more information but no larger photos.... Quote:In August 1963, during excavation work for the construction of a mill, a large number of fragments from a bronze statue were discovered. The excellent quality of the portrait made it possible to identify it as a statue of Germanicus. The particular circumstances of the discovery and the damage caused by the excavating machine, which scattered a large number of bronze fragments, made it extremely difficult to study and interpret the history of the work. The long and very delicate job of recomposing and assembling the statue succeeded nonetheless in restoring the monument’s striking visual impact.[url:22fehuht]http://www.portraitsofcaligula.com/3/travelers.htm[/url] Re: Help With Statue - Sulla - 03-28-2007 Oh and here is another view....I just found... Re: Help With Statue - Theodosius the Great - 03-28-2007 Quote:Something odd about that statue! :? Yup, I recognize it. Germanicus. What looks strange is that he's wearing only 2 sets of 'tongue' pteruges and not any regular ones. ~Theo Re: Help With Statue - Theodosius the Great - 03-28-2007 Are you working on making a Tribune impression, Sulla ? ~Theo Re: Help With Statue - Tarbicus - 03-28-2007 The statue does look odd, but it also seems to have suffered some bad damage in its time. If you imagine the pteryges as separate, and lost, the statue looks normal again - meaning the missing pteryges leave a large gap between the small scalloped ones and the tunic. Re: Help With Statue - Theodosius the Great - 03-28-2007 There are no missing pteruges, actually. There are other examples of this same style but they seem to be rare. ~Theo Re: Help With Statue - Gaius Julius Caesar - 03-28-2007 Yes, after looking again when sulla posted his essay, I realized it was damage! At first I thought they had put parts of several statues to make one together! thanks for pointing these things out to me people, and sorry to butt in,(again) Re: Help With Statue - Tarbicus - 03-28-2007 I've made many a model kit in my time, and that there statue's missing its pteryges. No proof. Re: Help With Statue - Sulla - 03-28-2007 Quote:What looks strange is that he's wearing only 2 sets of 'tongue' pteruges and not any regular ones.They are pretty common this way. I have images of probobly 5 or 6 total that look almost exactly like this. And thats one reason I wanted to get better images of this one. Since its made out of metal it has finer detail than the stone statues. I have found some better images and will post them in a minute but still want more Quote:Are you working on making a Tribune impression, Sulla ?Well I am working on a musculata that will end up being used for illustrations for many things. But based on statues. And you never know I might show up to some event some day in it Quote:The statue does look odd, but it also seems to have suffered some bad damage in its time. If you imagine the pteryges as separate, and lost, the statue looks normal again - meaning the missing pteryges leave a large gap between the small scalloped ones and the tunic.As referenced above it war very badly torn up and then they had to put it back together so it does have some gaps etc. Quote:There are no missing pteruges, actually. There are other examples of this same style but they seem to be rare.Exactly right going by all the samples I have seen they are the exception. Re: Help With Statue - Tarbicus - 03-28-2007 .... Re: Help With Statue - Theodosius the Great - 03-28-2007 Mmmmm.....it just looks like the top of the second row of tongue pteruges to me. Or am I missing something ? Here are other examples showing the same pattern of pteruges : Hellenistic example Mars Marcus Aurelius ~Theo Re: Help With Statue - Sulla - 03-28-2007 One thing I wanted to see if the pteruges were hinged and they look like they are .... More photos... [url:xy6qhn2u]http://www.casa-in-italia.com/info/Amelia_fr.html[/url] [url:xy6qhn2u]http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9854/PageEmp.html[/url] Re: Help With Statue - Tarbicus - 03-28-2007 Yup, you're right. |