Av: Inga M

Inga M — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:21:31 +0000

Tackar för info! Intressant läsning!

Av: Börje

Börje — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:09:26 +0000

Inga: Jo det blir nog lite sporadiskt med bloggandet framöver, tar ganska mycket tid. Boxaren vet man inte vem som stod modell för. Citerar Tarbell: "A History Of Greek Art" It was found in Rome in 1885, and is essentially complete, except for the missing eyeballs; the seat is new. The statue represents a naked boxer of herculean frame, his hands armed with the aestus or boxing-gloves made of leather. The man is evidently a professional "bruiser" of the lowest type. He is just resting after an encounter, and no detail is spared to bring out the nature of his occupation. Swollen ears were the conventional mark of the boxer at all periods, but here the effect is still further enhanced by scratches and drops of blood. Moreover, the nose and cheeks bear evidence of having been badly "punished," and the moustache is clotted with blood. From top to toe the statue exhibits the highest grade of technical skill. One would like very much to know what was the original purpose of the work. It may have been a votive statue, dedicated by a victorious boxer at Olympia or elsewhere. A bronze head of similar brutality found at Olympia bears witness that the refined statues of athletes produced in the best period of Greek art and set up in that precinct were forced at a later day to accept such low companionship. Or it may be that this boxer is not an actual person at all, and that the statue belongs to the domain of genre. In either case it testifies to the coarse taste of the age.

Av: Inga M

Inga M — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:38:09 +0000

Kul att Du är tillbaka igen på bloggen med ett inlägg. Det var ett tag sedan sist.

Fascinerande med bilder och figurer som är så gamla. Man känner verkligen historiens vingslag vid anblicken. Det är nästan andäktigt. Den här boxaren är ju helt fascinerande. Undrar om han finns beskriven någonstans som person eller om han bara var en i mängden som råkade få bli modell?

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