Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection
Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/10257/myth-marble-ancient-roman-sculpture-from-the-torlonia-collection not a natural collection of stuff. says more about the collectors than about the stuff inherently very much a 19th century collection of roman statuary. reminds me a lot of the ny carlsberg glyptothek. emphasis on roman imperial portraiture, to the point of having a modern trajan bust just to have a complete collection. also copies of many of the most famous copied statues: crouching venus, leda and swan, also emphasis on canonical models of the 19th century. e.g. apollo restored to look like the apollo belvedere. the augustus of the beginning like the prima porta augustus three different ram statues — they liked rams I guess. odysseus with ram a bit like sperlonga odysseus statues. portus relief Definitely the highlight of the exhibit Striking piece, unique in many details. particularly interesting to me ar...