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Marble Statue Group of the Three Graces

Marble Statue Group of the Three Graces. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 48 7/16 x 39 3/8in. (123 x 100cm). Date: 2nd century A.D.. Roman copy of a Greek work of the 2nd century B.C. These young girls, linked in a dance-like pose, represent The Three Graces: Aglaia (Beauty), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Abundance). They bestow what is most pleasurable and beneficent in nature and society: fertility and growth, beauty in the arts, harmonious reciprocity between men. They enjoyed venerable cults in Greece and Asia Minor. In mythology, they play an attendant role, gracing festivals and organizing dances. Their closest connection is with Aphrodite, whom they serve as handmaidens. This carefully calculated, frieze-like composition is typical of classicizing art of the second and first centuries B.C. Instantly recognizable, it soon became the canonic formula for representing the Graces, who appeared in every medium and on every kind of object, from mirrors to sarcophagi.
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Title:
Marble Statue Group of the Three Graces
Caption:
Marble Statue Group of the Three Graces. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 48 7/16 x 39 3/8in. (123 x 100cm). Date: 2nd century A.D.. Roman copy of a Greek work of the 2nd century B.C. These young girls, linked in a dance-like pose, represent The Three Graces: Aglaia (Beauty), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Abundance). They bestow what is most pleasurable and beneficent in nature and society: fertility and growth, beauty in the arts, harmonious reciprocity between men. They enjoyed venerable cults in Greece and Asia Minor. In mythology, they play an attendant role, gracing festivals and organizing dances. Their closest connection is with Aphrodite, whom they serve as handmaidens. This carefully calculated, frieze-like composition is typical of classicizing art of the second and first centuries B.C. Instantly recognizable, it soon became the canonic formula for representing the Graces, who appeared in every medium and on every kind of object, from mirrors to sarcophagi.
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Technique/material:
Marble
Period:
imperial
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Location:
ROMAN EMPIRE
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
4282 x 3212 px | 39.3 MB
Print size:
36.3 x 27.2 cm | 14.3 x 10.7 in (300 dpi)
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