The Victorious Youth .28Getty Bronze.29 Lysippos

the getty victorious youth

in 1972 victorious youth, getty bronze, or atleta di fano italians, discovered , @ urging of paul getty, bought getty museum. bronze pulled out of sea , restored. because of amount of corrosion , thick layer of incrustation coated statue when found, can assume beneath water centuries. less surprising, of classical bronze statues archeologists have found have been fished out of mediterranean sea. not uncommon shipwreck occur precious sculpture on board. without way find or retrieve them, these pieces left sit @ bottom of ocean centuries. fortunately, damaging corrosion can removed cleaning surfaces mechanically scalpel.

the getty bronze believed lysippos s work, or @ least copy, because detail on consistent style of work , canon of proportions. lysippos s work described ancient sources naturalistic slender , lengthened proportions, exaggerated facial features. depicted in works of lysippos had smaller heads of mentor polykleitos because used 1 8 scale head , total height of body.