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Source Image: PR307_03_18 of Unfinished Seated Male of Aphrodisias: Sculptor's Workshop

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Description

Detail of the unfinished seated male from the Sculptor's Workshop.

Monument
Aphrodisias: Sculptor's Workshop 
Monument Part
Unfinished Seated Male 
Monument Type
Statuary 
Material(s)
Aphrodisian marble (Visual identification)  
Date
post ad 200 - pre ad 450 
Keywords
BodyClothing  
Collections
Aphrodisias, Site and Museum  

Location

Original Location
Aphrodisias 
Current Location
Aphrodisias Museum 

Evidence for working practices

Notes

As so often at Aphrodisias the carver responsible for this piece started at the front of the block, shaping the subject in two dimensions before moving around to the back. From the front the form of this figure is clear, therefore, but the sides and back remain very rough. In this detail the way in which the carver is defining the form with the flat chisel working from front to back is especially clear since work stopped just after the figure's left leg has been modelled, roughly half way back into the block.

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