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The Ares Borghese is a Roman marble statue of the imperial era (1st or 2nd century AD). It is 2.11m high. It is identifiable as Ares by the helmet and by the ankle ring given to him by his lover Aphrodite. This statue possibly preserves some features of an original work in bronze, now lost, of the 5th century BC.
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The cult and representation of Ares are very rare in the ancient Greek world, especially in sculpture. It has been thought that this statue may be derived from one by Alcamenes, an Athenian sculptor who, according to Pausanias (I, 8, 4), made a statue of Ares that was erected on the Athenian agora. However, the temple of Ares to which he refers had only been moved from Acharnes and re-sited in the Agora in Augustus's time, making this a chronological impossibility. Also, statues known to derive from Alcamenes' statue show the god in a breastplate (one is depicted in this relief). So, in all, this statue may not be a copy of Alcamenes's, but instead a Roman creation according to a classicising or Neo-Attic type.
Later, widely dispersed, this type was paired with female statues of the Venus de Milo type for portraits of the imperial Roman couple, symbol of the union between military and peace, such as the Mars and Venus. Formerly part of the Borghese collection, it was purchased from there in 1807 by Napoleon.
Popular culture
- The statue is present (as a bust) in the anime Sekko Boys.
Gallery
A closer view of the upper torso
Fuller view
Rear view
detail of the helmet
In the Louvre gallery
From below
External links
- 3D model of head of Ares Borghese via photogrammetric survey of a plaster cast of the Munich Glyptothek's bust
- Louvre catalogue
- Skulpturhalle Basel
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L'Ares Borghese è una statua romana marmorea di età imperiale (I o II secolo), alta 2,11 metri. È identificabile come Ares, Marte nella mitologia romana dall'elmo e dalla cavigliera datagli in dono da Afrodite. La statua conserva alcuni elementi dell'originale opera bronzea, ora perduta, risalente al V secolo a.C..[ru] Арес Боргезе
Арес Боргезе — римская статуя времён ранней империи высотой 211 см из собрания Боргезе, в 1807 году приобретённая Наполеоном для Лувра. Характерный шлем и ножной браслет (подарок Афродиты) указывают на то, что изображён бог войны, — большая редкость, поскольку его культ не был распространён в древности. Это копия греческой бронзовой статуи, датируемой V веком до н. э. и одно время приписывавшейся Алкамену.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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