Stereographic Statues (and other stuff...)

Laocoon

Read about him and his kids in the Aeneid.

(To see 3D image, cross your eyes and concentrate on the third image created between the two. It takes some practice.)

Sant'Ignazio Church

(At least I think it is...)

Marcus Aurelius

The Original

Constantine's Head

@ the Capitoline Museum

Some equestrian statue...

I guess it's a statue of Joffre. I think I took it in Paris... or London. Anyone want to claim it?

Another equestrian

London

The Liberator, Simon Bolivar

wiki: "Bolívar played a key role in Latin America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential politicians in the history of the Americas."

Arc de Triomphe

"The Arc de Triomphe (in English: "Triumphal Arch") honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I."

um...I was practicing my photoraphing skills?

Okay, so some of these are not ancient works of art. I wanted a stereographic image of some deer's heads.

Great Sphinx of Tanis

Louvre

Bust of Mithridates

"Mithridates is remembered as one of the Roman Republic’s most formidable and successful enemies, who engaged three of the prominent generals from the late Roman Republic in the Mithridatic Wars: Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Lucullus and Pompey. "

Venus

No idea who/what this is.

Venus de Milo

"Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, it is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty (Venus to the Romans). It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high. The arms and original plinth were lost following its discovery. From an inscription that was on its plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch."

No-name...for now...

I should've gotten down the names of these guys...

Nike of Samothrace

"2nd-century BC marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). H.W. Janson described it as "the greatest masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture. It was created to not only honor the goddess, Nike, but to honor a sea battle. It conveys a sense of action and triumph as well as portraying artful flowing drapery through its features which the Greeks considered ideal beauty."

Nike

I just love Nike....urghdgh

Nike of Samothrace

This is a really good one to cross your eyes at.

Torment of Marsyas

"In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas (Ancient Greek: Μαρσύας) is a central figure in two stories involving death: in one, he picked up the double flute that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life. In Antiquity, literary sources often emphasise the hubris of Marsyas and the justice of his punishment."

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus

It's usually attributed to Praxiteles (super famous Greek sculptor), but historians argue about it.

Stradivari Celli

From Florence! (I think...) the Accedemia.

Apollo and Daphne by Bernini

My all-time favorite statue I saw there. I had to write a short paper on it, and I just wanted to say, "Are you looking at this? LOOK AT IT! The skin, the hair, the bark, the vigor--and do you see how if you walk around the statue you can see the story unfolding? I cannot control my excitement over this marble work of art. And while you're at it, take a look at another rape Bernini sculpted. That's just...damn."