|
''The Three Graces'' is a nearly life-size, figurative Carrara marble outdoor sculpture group located on the historic Oldfields estate on the campus of the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), in Indianapolis, Indiana. The neoclassical marble sculpture depicts the Three Graces, minor goddesses of the Greco-Roman pantheon. The group consists of three women frontally oriented, standing in a row upon a base. The sculpture is modeled after a ''c.'' 1797 painting by Antonio Canova. ==Description== The Graces are positioned in a row, all frontally oriented. The central figure—the tallest and furthest forward of the three—seems to be the visual focus and is framed by the auxiliary figures, who support a wreath above her head with their extended, inner arms. The central figure’s head is turned to the proper left, while the outer figures are both looking at the wreath. The central figure’s arms are crossed at waist-height as she takes hold of the outer hands of the two outer figures (her proper left hand takes the proper right hand of the proper right figure, and vice versa). She stands mid-stride with her weight on her left foot, which is crossed in front and nearly to the right of her body, while her right leg sweeps behind it and to her left, with the toes barely contacting the ground. While the outer figures create an approximate visual symmetry from the waist up, their legs are different. The figure on the proper right stands similarly to the central figure, while the proper left figure balances on her right toes and extends her left leg behind her and to the left. Each of the women is clad in a thin, flowing, neoclassical dress that reaches mid-calf. The outer figures’ dresses have a tie only over the right shoulder, exposing the left breast of each figure. The central figure’s dress has a tassel hanging off a fold on the front left, and the top completely covers her chest but leaves her arms bare. The central figure alone wears sandals. Each of the three has a crisp ribbon in her hair. This sculpture stands on a tall, three-part base made of limestone and concrete. The bottommost layer is simply a poured concrete slab. Upon this sits a large limestone pedestal with a thick, simply carved border along its lower edge. Its sides curve inward and upward toward the next piece, a simple rectangular limestone block upon which is mortared the sculpture itself.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Three Graces (Indianapolis)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|