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Myron, Discobolus (discus-thrower), Roman marble copy of a bronze Greek original of the 5th century BC, The British Museum, London. © The Trustees of the British Museum.
Pheidias, figure of a naked man (possibly Dionysos), statue from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Athens, Greece,...
Great review of British Museum’s Defining Beauty exhibition. Wish we could attend this one!
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