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A crumbling, long-forgotten statue with an unusual erect phallus might be a Michelangelo. Renaissance scholars want hard evidence.
The Ludovisi Pan is "a wonderful, delightful statue" but is "a little bit lifeless," Coonin said. In his works, Michelangelo investigated his subjects, interested in what makes them profound or ...
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Gas workers stumble upon remarkable Hermes statue near Acropolis
A white marble statue depicts a nude male figure in the style of the Ludovisi Hermes was discovered during municipal works for a natural gas network near the Acropolis. According to SKAI ...
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Ancient marble statue found during Greek road works
"A statue of a naked man of the Hermes Ludovisi type dating to the imperial period from the first to fifth century" was found near the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis ...