#greek sculptures

[kafkaesque-12]

"You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."

-M.L.Rio, If We were Villains

#if we were villains #greek sculptures #dark academia #literature #bibliophile #aestethic #the secret history

[h00f]

T4TM (Theseus4TheMinotaur)

lost wax cast bronze, patina & paste wax

2023

(process photos & info under cut <3)

my minotaur boy!! pls click on the photos for higher res! my thesis is focusing on trans men and creatures (how original ik) and this was last semester's final. i spent a lot of time looking at sculptures of the theseus/minotaur story, and yknow? a LOT of them are erotic! i'm pretty sure i saw some of them on tumblr a decade ago, and that's led to this now!

as you'll notice, the minotaur has a big t-dick! i wanted to give him breasts and an enlarged clitoris to present a very masculine trans figure. the boy on the bottom is also trans because i say so . the piece is about looking up to older, bigger, hairier trans men and seeing something awe-inspiring and beautiful. the minotaur was locked up by a cruel father for being different, and i think modern adaptations tend towards a sympathetic asterion (his name in one version)

making this piece was. so much effort. it took me about 3 months to get it all together - from clay model (plasticine) to 3D print to silicone mold to wax cast, and finally bronze pour into the shell mold. and then a TON of filing, sanding, dremel-ing, and various other metalworking techniques that probably took years off my life.

i started with sketches and made theeeeeee ugliest model ever:

then used a 3D scanner to get it digital, then spent a goooood month or two making him pretty in blender! then i spent an agonizing few weeks trying to get it print-ready, and fiiiiiinally did

^^^ an early resin printed draft of the model - you can see in the final that i added lots to theseus after some feedback, but sadly the nosering broke off every time i cast it so i just. let that be <3

then came the moldmaking, and then the wax dipping!! the yellow stuff is shell mold (ground up ceramic bits and algae soup, sticks to the wax, then silica sand in varying sizes on top) which gets the wax melted out, and bronze poured in!

then it's all metalworking, cutting stuff off, and working with hot metal. they don't tell you about all the bronze dust and how annoying it gets wearing a respirator AND goggles. but it is for me health, me boy. here's him all cleaned up before the patina:

and then i spray him down with various chemicals to make it "patina" (aka rust) in pretty colors. wait a few days, then apply paste wax to seal it and give it that shine!

then we get what you see above!!! the blue was actually unintentional, and i'm still not super sure why it looks that way.. but it's pretty so idc <3

thanks for reading!! if you ever have any bronze/casting questions, don't hesitate to message me! <3

#artists on tumblr #bronze sculpture #sculpture #greek myth art #queer artwork #jays0n arts #trans ftm #thanks for reading if you did! i put a lot of work into this project #it's defffff not perfect but i'm proud of what i did!! #if ur curious: my next one is a werewolf w his pussy out :)

[a-sculpture-a-day]

Hand of a Kore holding a fruit, Attic workshop, 6th century BC, marble, Acropolis Museum, Athens.

#sculpture #art history #hand #fragment #archaic art #fruit #marble #antiquity #greek art #antique art

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Athena promachos.

Date: Probably a Roman copy of a Greek statue of the 5th century B.C. or of a Hellenistic original of the 2nd century B.C.

Medium: Marble

Provinience: Naples, National Archaeological Museum (Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale); Herculaneum, Villa of the Papyri.

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #ancient sculpture #ancient history #archaeology #athena #athena promachos #roman #greek #marble

[gyossaith]

Nike of Samothrace

#Nike of Samothrace #louvre #paris #art #statue #sculpture #dark #black and white #bnw #black and white photography #greek mythology

[illustratus]

Head of Dionysus, the god of wine, uncovered in an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Turkey

#dionysus #head #bust #sculpture #mythological #mythology #god #wine #archaeology #art #history #ancient #ancient greek #ancient greece #greek mythology #greek #greece #ancient roman #roman

[tragediambulante]

The abduction of Proserpina, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621-22

#art history #art #italian art #baroque #aesthethic #marble #sculpture #greek mythology #roman mythology #proserpina #persephone #hades #gian lorenzo bernini #bernini #galleria borghese #ancient greece #pluton #17th century

[bebs-art-gallery]

Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch (130 BC) | Eva Green as Isabelle in The Dreamers (2003)

#eva green #sculpture #art #art history #light academia #classic academia #romantic academia #museum date #museum aesthetic #sculptures #art community #artblr #classical art #aesthetic #greek mythology #greek gods #goddess #the sacred feminine #dark feminine energy #divine feminine #museum #artist #artists

[hacatestruth]

#hecate #hecate goddess #greek mythology #witch #witchblr #witchcraft #witches #dark aesthetic #crone #moon #full moon #crescent moon #mother #moon magic #maiden #black cat #crossroads #hecate deity #hecate worship #hecate sculpture #hecate statue

[tygerland]

One of two full-size ancient Greek bronzes discovered in 1972 off the western coast of Calabria in southern Italy. The statue, cast circa 460-450 BC, stands 198 cm (78 in) tall. The lips and nipples are made of copper, the teeth are silver and the eyes formed from calcite. At one time this bronze warrior held a spear and shield, but they were never found. The figure may also have worn a wreath around his head. ( Photography by Luigi Spina. )

#art history #mythology #culture #ancient greece #greek mythology #warriors #antiques #vintage #art #sculpture #people #statue #retro #muscle #humanity #male beauty #history #archaeology #explore #mediterranean #greece #italy #bronzi di riace #🍕🍷

[thesixthduke]

#hercules #Heracles #Art #sculpture #anciet #Greek #Roman #higginsandcole #interior #men #male #dandy #male model

[skiimble]

kind to men and to the deathless gods (campo and his family, in the beginning)

#art #my art #skiimblog #oc art #skiimble ocs #apollo #artemis #leto #greek mythology #based off of that one sculpture

[die-rosastrasse]

Carl Schlüter, Fraulein Bierling (1883)

Displayed at Albertinum, Dresden

Picture credits belong to this blog

#seeing her in this room made me realize what Pygmalion felt like #she looks so soft #art #sculpture #olga's diary #marble sculpture #19th century art #my photography #german art #art gallery #women in art #classical art #neoclassicism #greek aesthetic #neoclassical #marble statue #sculpture art #sculptures #art history #light academia #light academia aesthetic #dark academia aesthetic #dark academia art #dark academia #light aesthetic #princesscore

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Head of a statue of Dionysos.

Culture: Greek

Period: Late Hellenistic

Date: 150–50 B.C.

Place of origin: Nubia (Sudan), Meröe (Begrawiya), Pyramid N 5

Medium: Bronze, silver, shell

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #ancient sculpture #ancient history #archaeology #nubia #sudan #meroe #greek #Hellenistic #head of a statue of Dionysos #Dionysos #statue #150 b.c. #50 b.c.

[beluosus]

Ἄρτεμις / Diana

#dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #grey academia #classic academia #classical studies #classics #sculpture #museum photography #ancient greece #rome #poetry #homeric hymns #artemis #diana #greek mythology #classical mythology #mythology #ἐποίησα

[norhuu]

A couple of years ago when I was still on a tumblr break I made this candle holder statue for my sister.

It is the Three Muses; Melody (with her hands raised in song), Practice (at work braiding her hair), and Memory (laying and reflecting in front of the flame).

#art #sculpture #craft #fat is beautiful #muses #candle #light #greek mythology #classical art #I’ll fight anyone who tries to tell me they’re not fat #they are and it’s BEAUTIFUL #also yes that’s my TikTok account