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Standing Aeschines.JPG
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Standing Aeschines is a full length statue of the Greek orator Aeschines. The figure stands in contrapposto. He wears strapped sandals on each of his feet called trochodes, commonly worn in the fourth century BC. He is fully covered in…

Terme Boxer
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The bronze and copper Terme Boxer is a sculpture of a seated boxer. The boxer has an athletic, muscular, toned and glowing body. The hair and beard are curly. The head of the boxer is turned right and the shoulders are hunched. The…

Peplos Kore
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The Peplos Kore is roughly four feet tall and represents a standing female figure in antiquity. She is wearing a peplos in addition to sporting a chiton underneath. Her peplos depicts traces of geometric decorations starting from her…

Mask of Agamemnon.jpg
Description: The Mask of Agamemnon depicts the face of a male figure produced in hammered sheet gold. It is highly lustrous and appears to be thin and fragile as aluminum foil. The frontal face has distinctly male features including a full beard with…

Bust of Themistokles.jpg
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The ‘Bust of Themistokles’ depicts the head of a man and part of his upper chest, which is more specifically known as a herm, on the bottom of which rests a small Greek inscription of his name, ‘Themistokles’. In terms of facial…

Anavysos Kouros.jpg
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The Anavysos Kouros is a male nude, human-figure that stands at 1.94 meters (6’4) from head to toe, not including the base. Its height is also roughly seven and a half times the height of the head. The kouros is solid, and standing…

Senenmut and Neferure.jpg
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The portrait “Senenmut and Neferura” depicts a man sitting on a stone block while holding a young girl on his lap. Both figures’ shoulders and hips are aligned and are front facing. The man’s feet, peeking out from the bottom of the…

Lady Sennuwy.jpg
Description: The portrait of “Lady Sennuwy” depicts a female figure seated on a stone block with her legs together and arms placed on her thighs. The right hand is clasped into a fist, holding a lotus blossom, the symbol of rebirth and the assurance…

Senwosret III as a Sphinx.jpg
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The sculpture titled Senwosret III as a Sphinx is quite imposing and formidable. The material used to make the sculpture is gneiss. The structure of the sculpture includes the head of a human, in this case the head of the Pharaoh…

Seated Scribe.png
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The "Seated Scribe" depicts a male figure sitting cross-legged with his hands in his lap. The figure is seated on a semi-circular base with his shoulders erect and his head angled forward and eyes looking ahead. His right hand is in…
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