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(1st century B.C.) Uffize Gallery, Florence |
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 The Wrestlers 8" x 9" (This size has fig leaf) Bonded Marble on Marble Base $120 (less Internet discount of $30) = $90 (freight $12) The Wrestlers 14" x 16" (No fig leaf as shown) White Carerra Bonded Marble on Black Base $475 (less Internet discount of $100) = $375 (freight $34) |
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The Wrestlers clearly demonstrates how far the technique of Greek
sculpture had advanced in its depiction of the human body. Five
hundred years before, sculptors displayed the human figure with
hips and shoulders aligned, body planes accentuated, and one
foot advanced. The creator of this dynamic work chose a moment
in an athletic contest when intense muscle strain is about to
begin. The intertwining legs and convolution of the bodies draw
the eye around the figures in anticipation of movement that seems
at any moment to commence. 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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