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Bonded White Marble on Marble Base $860 (less Internet discount of $96) = $764 (freight $59) |
Bonded White Marble on Marble Base $212 (less Internet discount of $23) = $189 (freight $14) |
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It has been said that "In the fourth
century, the gods descended a little from Olympus and became
more like human beings." That might have been said concerning
this magnificent work of Praxiteles. With his Hermes the abstract
beauty has become more closely related to physical beauty. It
is as though the master had changed marble to flesh through the
soft modeling of the face. The detached gaze implies a dreamy
contemplation. The head has been made from the full figure of
Hermes holding the infant Dionysos. It was found in the ruins
of the temple of Hera at Olympia, site of the original Olympic
games. Praxiteles), Skopas and Lysippos were considered the greatest
sculptors of the fourth century. We know the works of all three
through Roman copies which were made, but the Hermes of Praxiteles
is the only statue that has come down to us from the actual hand
of one of these great sculptors. It is now in the Museum at Olympia
close to the temple where it was found. These White Bonded Carerra Marble items are imported from Italy. They are the same items that were previously available from Eleganza in Seattle. |
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