ParisJudgment2.0112

ParisJudgment2.0112_Volkmann

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Arthur Volkmann, “Paris,” life-size polychrome marble 1884, Neue Nationalgallerie, Berlin

Statue of a nude youth with red-brown hair, holding a piece of fruit, arm raised to head

Full size polychrome sculpture of Paris seems to explore new facial features and achieve life-like expression that relays the complexity of Paris’ decision.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.