Please some other view angles!
About this ‘greek sculpture’ as a modern greek and visitor of greek museums, I may have a different opinion of what sculpture is called greek. Hellenistic or Greek-Roman is a more appropriate expression here. If classical Feidias or archaic greek sculpture is what we’re talking about then lets forget it. Every naturalistic element is an illusion there. Its an abstract composition mostly. So, give us some different angle views, please. It looks great so far. But if you think that something goes wrong form other views, I may find them interesting. You never know.
As I already mentioned, this is a top row post. IMO
Thanks guys, thanks a lot for all comments.
Teomaco - i’ll try but i think i can share this settings here, because the tutorial hehehe.
But i’ll try to post more things about the process.
michalis - thanks man, i’m talking with a professional in the greek sculpture!:o hehe It’s not fair.
Nice to meet you man, i 'm not a professional in this subject but in my tutorial I said about the mistake of what is the real greek sculpture and what is the greco-roman sculpture. Where the greek tradition reborn in the italy and rome.
The real classical greek period is famous for some pieces like Afrodite Braschi, Apolo Belvedere etc.
Thanks man, thanks for the informations, one day i’ll make a trip to Greece.
Thanks guys!
I’m waiting for this day Rafe, to accompany you to athens archeological museum. To be speechless in front of some kouros, yes lot of geometry not much of anatomy but… they walk, they are alive… and this aged marble with these red oxides… like real flesh. And this sense of scale. Then in greco-roman period, how weak they start looking.
I wish I had your skills and do some more serious studies on this object.
update:
But here, in wikipedia we read, (I admit it, its my opinion too, All these happened after the british (lord elgin hm hm) had discover what really was the classical greek art.)
"The Romantic movement, however, was not so kind to the Apollo’s critical reputation. William Hazlitt (1778–1830), one of the great critics of the English language, was not impressed and dismissed it as “positively bad”. The eminent art critic John Ruskin (1819–1900) wrote of his disappointment with it. Finally, starting something of a trend among later commentators, the art critic Walter Pater (1839–1894) adverted to the work’s homoerotic appeal by way of explaining why it had been so long lionized.[9] Nevertheless, the work retained much popular appeal and casts of the it were abundant in European and American public places (especially schools) throughout the 19th century.
The Apollo Belvedere was featured in the official logo of the Apollo XVII moon landing mission (1972).
[edit]20th century
The critical reputation of the Apollo continued to decline in the 20th century, ultimately to the point of complete neglect. In 1969 a kind of epitaph was provided by noted art historian Kenneth Clark (1903–1983):
“…For four hundred years after it was discovered the Apollo was the most admired piece of sculpture in the world. It was Napoleon’s greatest boast to have looted it from the Vatican. Now it is completely forgotten except by the guides of coach parties, who have become the only surviving transmitters of traditional culture.”[10]
hi guys!!
Sorry for the delay, i was so busy in the last days.
thanks michalis, a lot of great information!!
Like I promised some more images.
I hope you like it.
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well this is definitely a breath of fresh air…
Wonderful images and beautiful pose! Superb as always Rafa! Congratulations! Top row!
very nice!
Very nice.
Can’t you at least put some scales and horns on him and a robot part or two wouldn’t hurt?
Lol, joking of course, I love it. Great sculpting Rafe.