Name: Artemis statue in the Gardens in Maribell Palace
Date: 1730
Location: Gardens in Maribell Palace
Approximate Dimensions: unknown
Sculptor: Ottavio Mosto
Medium: stone
Picture taken by Chris Carter
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg#Main_sights, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Mirabell
Significance of the work:
This sculpture of Artemis is different than some of the standard classical depictions of her. Normally, she is shown as a huntress resolutely focused on her prey. Also, she normally has a masculine figure and carries a bow and quiver of arrows. This statue of her, though, is the opposite of that in many ways. First, she has neither bow nor arrow. Also, she has a very feminine form. She holds herself more as Venus than the focused huntress that she is believed to be. Although, there is some commonality in clothes between this sculpture and the classical norm, her breastplate implies the presence of cleavage, whereas that feature of her is normally not as prominent. These two features seem to follow an overall trend in depicting Artemis.
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