The Marble Faun Sculpture

The faun of praxiteles is in the collection of the capitoline museum in rome.

The marble faun sculpture.

This month s sculpture from hadrian s villa is a red marble statue of a satyr the so called fauno rosso red faun. Over the door of one of the houses was a marble tablet bearing an inscription to the purport that the sculpture rooms within had formerly been occupied by the illustrious artist canova. The fragility and the durability of human life and art dominate this story of american expatriates in italy in the mid nineteenth century. The marble faun written on the eve of the american civil war is set in a fantastical italy the romance mixes elements of a fable pastoral gothic novel and travel guide.

In the faun s fusing of animal and human characteristics hawthorne found an. 2nd floor projects san francisco. In these precincts which canova s genius was not quite of a character to render sacred though it certainly made them interesting the young american. Befriended by donatello a young italian with the classical grace of the marble faun miriam hilda and kenyon find their pursuit of art taking a sinister turn as miriam s unhappy past precipitates the present into tragedy.

The fauno rosso depicts a satyr follower of dionysus the god of wine. We hope you enjoy browsing through our catalog. The novel s central metaphor is a statue of a faun by praxiteles that hawthorne had seen in rome. Greek roman god dionysus bacchus faun by michelangelo cast marble statue sculpture 13 4in free shipping free tracking number greekartifact.

Jerry the marble faun born 1955 brooklyn ny lives and works in queens ny he began hand carving stone in 1987 and has most recently pursued ceramic sculpture. Or the romance of monte beni also known by the british title transformation was the last of the four major romances by nathaniel hawthorne and was published in 1860. There is a link below. Because here they come.

For store hours information online shopping specials please check out our facebook page for any updates. Jerry held his first exhibition in 2014 at jackie klempay gallery brooklyn and has appeared in exhibitions at situations new york. You will find our hours in the about section under page information. Andrew edlin gallery new york.

The most common faun sculpture. 5 out of 5 stars 1 760. The life size marble statue known as the barberini faun fauno barberini or drunken satyr is located in the glyptothek in munich germany a faun is the roman equivalent of a greek satyr in greek mythology satyrs were human like male woodland spirits with several animal features often a goat like tail hooves ears or horns. Welcome to the marble faun books gifts online store.

There are 143 faun sculpture for sale on etsy and they cost 139 36 on average. He is depicted entirely nude apart from a nebris faun skin knotted on the right shoulder and hanging down over his left shoulder.