Statue Of Dionysos

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The name of artwork I viewed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is, Marble statue of Dionysos leaning on an archaistic female figure. The statue was created between 27 B.C to A.D 68, which was during the Augustan or Julio - Claudian period. The original artist is unknown, but Vincenzo Pacetti restored it. This artwork caught my attention because the size of the sculpture was different from the other art works in the room. The focal point of the sculpture is his left arm. There are four different aspects of the composition, which lead the viewer to this important body part. Those four aspects are the placement of the drapery, the pose of the archaistic female, drastic scale and Dionysos’ stance. The first aspect of the composition, which leads

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