#marble sculpture

[ancientcharm]

Roman marble statue of a pair of dogs, 2nd century AD

British Museum

[die-rosastrasse]

The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy by Raffaelle Monti

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 02 IX 2017

[thesolidar]

Male mindflayer and the dude it took it's beautiful form from

[kores-pomegranate]

Woman Bitten by a Serpent is an 1847 marble sculpture by Auguste Clésinger (1814–1883), now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

[blueiscoool]

A 2,100-Year-Old Marble Statue of Mother Goddess Cybele Discovered in Turkey

An estimated 2,100-year-old rare marble statue of Cybele, the mother goddess of Anatolia, has been unearthed in excavations in northern Ordu province located on the Black Sea coast.

The historic sculpture of Cybele sitting on her throne weighed a whopping 200 kilograms and was about 110 centimeters tall.

The statue is also the first marble statue found in Turkey in its original place.

The ancient artifact was unearthed in excavations launched by a team of 25 archeologists led by the head of the Department of Archeology in Gazi University, Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yücel Şenyurt, in the 2,300-year-old Kurul Kalesi, or the Council Fortress.

"We are continuing our work non-stop. Two days ago we found an extraordinary artifact. According to our research, the statue remained intact after the walls of the entrance of the fortress of Kurul collapsed during an invasion by Roman soldiers. This statue has also shown us that the fortress of Kurul in Ordu was a very important settlement [in ancient times]," Prof. Şenyurt said.

Saying that it was an incredibly rare find, the professor said that they were proud to unearth such an artifact in Turkey. He also said that the priceless statue would be later on transferred to the archeology museum in Ordu.

The professor also said that the first attempts to conduct excavations in the area were made ​​about 6 years ago, but had been postponed for various reasons.

Meanwhile, Mayor Enver Yılmaz also pledged to provide TL 500,000 in funds to all excavations in the fortress of Kurul. He also said that the fortress will be turned into an open air museum in the near future and hopes the excavations will contribute to tourism in the region as well as in Turkey.

The excavations in the fortress are also the first archaeological diggings on the eastern coast of the Black Sea.

Cybele, an Anatolian mother goddess, is the symbol of prosperity with her pregnant belly, seated on her throne.

In Anatolian mythology she was the personification of the earth. In Greek mythology in which she was equated to Earth-goddess Gaia, Cybele was mostly associated with fertile nature, mountains, town and city walls, as well as wild animals such as lions.

[dollh0licz]

07.04 ♡

[solcattus]

Nymph, late 19th century

By A. Batacchi

[angelicathedaisy]

Diana the Huntress, Bernardino Cametti, 1770

I’m absolutely in love with all Diana/Artemis statues 🌙🌌

[arrow-of-orion]

Apollo and Diana, an 1848 marble statue by American artist and sculptor Thomas Crawford.

This captures their essence quite well imo!

[enduringhosts]

The sorrow of a Mother who knew. The Madonna della Pietà, Michelangelo. 1499. Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome. Photographer @enduringhosts 04/01/2025.

[ancientcharm]

Monumental marble statue of Athena (Minerva) found in one of the most important rooms of the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum.

 National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Photo: Giorgio Albano

[localbookshop]

clairegffc

[seizethatlit]

“Thank you, Father.”

First phan art of 2025! Happy new year!

Based on the statue ‘Young Tarentine’ by Alexandre Schoenewerk.

Sorry dad @danielhowell

[pxsieszn]

White Aesthetic

[blueiscoool]

Roman Marble Portrait of Agrippina The Elder Julio-Claudian Period, 1st century A.D

[fehck]

“i wanna love you ‘til we’re food for the worms to eat. ‘til our fingers decompose, keep my hand in yours.”