Victorious Athlete, "The Getty Bronze," 300–100 B.C., Bronze and copper. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Bronze Bodies: The Art of Commemoration
GETTY CENTER
Museum Galleries
For thousands of years bronze has served as a medium to dignify and dramatize the human body. Join educators Shelby Brown and Christine Spier in a close look at rare Hellenistic bronze statues of mortals, gods, and heroes, and an examination of Neoclassical and Baroque bronzes influenced by ancient masterpieces.
This three-part event includes:
- Lively presentations that establish the context for ancient bronze sculptures, explain how these statues functioned in cultural life, and illuminate the similarities and differences between sculptures in bronze and those in stone.
- A personalized experience in the exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World that reveals the stories behind these sculptures' unlikely survival and explores their astonishing realism and emotion.
- A tour through the Getty Center permanent collection galleries to see first-hand how ancient sculptures influenced the practice of European artists for over two thousand years.
Complements the exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World. Course fee $35.
