Ancient Roman Marble Sculptures

Even before painting cave walls early humans fashioned shapes from stone.

Ancient roman marble sculptures.

This roman era marble relief of a wounded warrior is modeled after a renowned greek work made five to six centuries earlier in the 5th century b c. Many artifacts and artworks survive from the roman era. We an re create for you just about anything whether it is a museum original or custom marble or bronze bust or sculpture from your photo or a web link. Marble sculpture is the art of creating three dimensional forms from marble.

Starting with augustus the first emperor roman leaders started to use statues as propaganda. Ancient roman sculptors are predominantly known for two types of marble sculptures. During the roman empire the educated citizens were great admirers of classical greek art so much so that they often copied or closely imitated great works of greek art. From these beginnings artifacts have evolved to their current complexity.

Ancient sculpture gallery accepts and specializes in custom orders and commissions. The sculpture of ancient greece from 800 to 300 bce took early inspiration from egyptian and near eastern monumental art and over centuries evolved into a uniquely greek vision of the art form. The study of roman sculpture is complicated by its relation to greek sculpture many examples of even the most famous greek sculptures such as the apollo belvedere and barberini faun are known only from roman imperial or hellenistic copies. High quality marble cast to create colossal size statues or small figurines of incredible details.

Roman sculpture did however begin to search for new avenues of artistic expression moving away from their etruscan and greek roots and by the mid 1st century ce roman artists were seeking to capture and create optical effects of light and shade for greater realism. Greek artists would reach a peak of artistic excellence which captured the human form in a way never before seen and which was much copied. Portraits or busts and marble copies of greek bronzes. Are you looking to add an ancient greek or roman replica marble statue or sculpture to your home or office.

Museum replicas has a wide selection of marble statues and sculptures available for sale from greek to roman to baroque. Looking to buy a marble sculpture online. Our marble sculpture reproductions are worldwide distinguished and esteemed by art collectors and film producers. These works usually made in marble or bronze frequently idealized their bodies and emphasized often fictional connections to great military commanders of the past.

View our available selection here. During the republican era artists carved realistic portraits of people including political leaders military officials and historians from the chest or neck up known as busts these life sized works are celebrated for their impressively. The largest selection of marble sculpture for sale.