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CASTING THE RIACE BRONZES (2): A SCULPTOR's DISCOVERY
Author(s) -
KONSTAM NIGEL,
HOFFMANN HERBERT
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2004.00217.x
Subject(s) - archaeology , casting , history , art , geology , visual arts
Summary. The discovery presented in this paper may reshape the stylistic history of Greek art. It is that the torso and limbs of the Riace Bronzes were cast from life, rather than having been previously modelled in clay.