Atti dell’Accademia Azzurri dei Lincei, Rendiconti XLI, 111-135

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As far as we are concerned, it is possible onesto expose that a similar resetting technique is mainly found durante Rome, sopra the imperial periodo, as a matter of fact two bronze works of classical art were restored with the same system: the horse of Hegias and the Bull of the Capitoline Museums .

The lack of evidence from Argos in the second century AD, as far as we concern, could provide the proof that the statues has been raided by the Romans con previous times, an event which is probably mentioned per an epigram of Alpheus of Mytilene in the Palatine Anthology (9, 104) which reminds the decadence of Argos con his time, stripped of the glory of heroes.

As verso matter of fact, the soothsayer Tiresias, present for the speech, foresees the death of both brothers durante the event of per duel between the two

The dependence of the verses durante question on the rete di emittenti of Pythagoras is evident if one observes, during www.datingranking.net/it/uberhorny-review the reading of the Latin text, an image of the Fratricidae statuary group sopra its most complete form, the same as the one durante the left part of the front of the Attic sarcophagus which is located con Contado Doria Pamphilj in Rome, already mentioned above (Fig. 4). Per the poem of Statius, as mentioned before, there are the interventions of five characters, which seem to correspond with the characters present on the sarcophagus: Eteocles, Polynices, Jocasta, Antigone and Creon. The poet expands con time the dialogues between the various characters who appear mediante the sculptural group. A simple reading of the verses written by Statius and dedicated sicuro the frenetic phases that preceded the clash between Eteocles and Polynices, is enough preciso be indivis that the poet must have been inspired by that particular bronze statuary group, as a matter of fact the poet knew he was able sicuro admire it personally.

The mother tries sicuro use the prophecy of Tiresias sicuro induce them onesto an understanding. Regarding the verb epithonto mediante verse 234 of the Papyrus (albeit the result of per textual integration and not preserved intact), which means “they agreed”, almost all philologists believed that they could temporally place the mother’s speech just after the end of Oedipus’ government, when the brothers agreed among themselves and Polynices headed sicuro Argos for his voluntary exile of one year (E.g. Spezia 2007).

As it can be easily observed, the scene proposed by the Papyrus of Lille is the same as the group of Fratricidae of Pythagoras of Rhegion, with the five characters interpreted as Eteocles and Polynices, the mother, the sister Antigone and the soothsayer Tiresias, not by chance this last is represented mediante the gesture of the one who predict the death of the protagonists.

Being sopra possession of these datazione, our gruppo of researchers examined the original colour of the finished sistema, starting from some general considerations. First, it has preciso be remarked that the polychrome of the Bronzes is absolutely indivis, as evidenced by the lips and nipples, made red by the use of copper, as well as by the eyes con calcite and glass paste, and by the small pink stone used to reproduce the caruncola lacrimalis and, con the case of Bronze Verso, by the white teeth per silver. With these premises, we analysed the reason for the decision preciso create an alloy that makes bronze golden. Observing many marks still present on the beard and hair of the two statues from Riace, we came esatto the conclusion that this colour was chosen because the two heroes was imagined with blond hair and beards, as in almost every exhibit which have preserved traces of the original colour.

Giuliano, Verso. 1984: I grandi Bronzi di Riace, Fidia di nuovo la sua manifattura. In: AA.VV., Paio Bronzi da Riace, Rivelazione, restauro, cautela ed modello di lettura, verso gentilezza di L. Pelagatti, II, Roma (Diario d’Arte, Serie particolare, III), 297-306.

Sismondo Ridgway, B. 1984: The Riace Bronzes: per minority viewpoint. In: AA.VV., Coppia Bronzi da Riace, Scoperta, ristrutturazione, esame anche ipotesi di lezione, a cautela di L. Pelagatti, II, Roma (Rivista d’Arte, Serie singolare, III), 313-326.