Marble Sculpture Aristotle

Marble bust sculpture of aristotle found in athens.
Marble sculpture aristotle. The marble bust of the great philosopher aristotle found in 2005 during archaeological excavations acropolis museum of. Our marble is white with occasional veins of different colorations. For this reason every sculpture is unique. The sculpture is located at the louvre in paris.
Copy of a greek statue of the last quarter of the 3rd century b c. His mentor was socrates and his student was aristotle he is credited with laying the foundations of western philosophy and science. Plato 450 bc was a philosopher and mathematician and founder of the academy in athens the first institution of higher learning in the western world his mentor was socrates and his student was aristotle he is credited with laying the foundations of. This reproduction is carved from a solid block of the finest greek marble.
Plato a bust bronze after the antique by sommer napoli 1890 a fine quality grand tour miniature of plato which has been bronze plated. Sculpture with portraitlike features is characteristic of the hellenistic age and even more so of roman times and is even encountered in isolated cases in the greek art of the 5th and 4th centuries bc. In clearing away debris to build the new acropolis museum in athens excavators discovered a 2300 year old marble bust sculpture of famous greek philosopher aristotle this marble bust sculpture of aristotle of the roman era is said to the the best preserved likeness ever found by alkestis horemi senior archaeologist of conservation and. This head of aristotle 384 322 bc is probably based on a bronze statue which according to literary sources was erected after the death of.
Marble head of a philosopher 1st or 2nd century a d. There are striking similarities between this head and portraits of aristotle 384 322 b c the tutor of alexander the great and one of the most important intellects of the fourth century b c but the identity. A fine quality grand tour miniature of plato. Aristotle sculpture at aristotelous square in the center of city of thessaloniki central macedonia greece statue of ancient greek philosopher aristotle.
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