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| Name: |
Head
of Eros |
| Picture: |
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| Description: |
Roman
copy of Hellenistic original. From Centocelle. Rome, Vatican. H. 0.4m.
Bust of Eros as a beautiful, effeminate youth. His head turns to the
left (it should be tilted downwards and to the right). His face is
smooth and untroubled, with a long straight nose, sleepy eyes, slightly
pouting lips. His hair is a mane of tumbling curls, small across his
forehead then larger at the crown. Long tendrils fall onto his shoulders
and neck. |
| Date: |
c. 350-330
B.C |
| Discussion: |
Eros
underwent many changes in his sculptural appearance, beginning with
(and returning to) the small child accompanying Aphrodite. The Hellenistic
interest in beauty transformed this Eros of Centocelle at least into
something more akin to the painted images of the God of Love on red-figure
pottery, the long-haired beautiful boy. |
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