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...Roman bust. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City.
If he had an old jacket, jeans and a baseball cap, he'd fit right in today, wouldn't you agree?
Bill:)
"Junkers Ju 88D-1 ~ for Neil (neiwil)"
Comments (32)
blinkings
...except for not having any pupils in his eyes...thats just creepy!
bazza
Oh yes he would be just another grumpy old man lol give him some pupils and irises too lol, nice capture Bill !!!
jayfar
Hey Bill this is a marbellous shot!!! A great old face.
helanker
HA! He looks a bit fierce :-) A rather funny face :-D
sharky_
His poor wife?.... Interesting shot. Aloha
durleybeachbum
What a miserable old winger! The Roman sculptors pulled no punches! I just wish they drilled the eyes more often.
prutzworks
cool shot, and yes the pupils........
Rainastorm
With that look, yeah he'd fit in lol
babuci
Quite life like. The artist did a great work to carve the expression and you did an excelent job to give it back to us. Like to tone too so suitable.
DAVER2112
Wow! What a miserable face. Excellent shot. :)
jendellas
He sure would, he looks like a grumpy old man :o)
auntietk
That's such a wonderful sculpture ... I can almost feel the texture of his skin, the muscle tone, yet it's marble. Excellent capture in museum lighting. Well done!
lyron
Great piece and shot!!!
cfulton
I immediately thought Roman. Well captured - the light enhances the facial features. Clive
debbielove
Looks more like me in the morning! lol Super close up and detailing Bill.. Well done on this.. Rob
Faemike55
I could see him in some park, muttereing some old Latin phrases Excellent capture
THROBBE
Nice capture Bill!
neiwil
Your entry in Rob's 'Grumpy Git' gallerie ? Faces from the past, these ancient busts always seem to be trying to speak, though I've never understood the blank soulless eyes.
tennesseecowgirl
LOL great shot Bill... did you smile back at him.
drace68
Great capture. Will he ever learn that looking grumpy begets grumpiness in others?
Blush
Great capture But he looks kinda grumpy LOL Hugs Susan
wjames
I think he's just had a bad day, his horse came last in the big race, his car broke down in the rain and when he got home his wife had run away with the postman, but worst of all the postman brought her back!!!!!!!!!
RodS
That, and maybe a couple tribal tatoos..... Well, maybe not.... Great shot of this statue! Looks like it might be Julius Ceaser - just when he meets Brutus & company in the hallway.... Excellent, Bill!
goodoleboy
Sterling clarity and lighting effects in this portrait, Bill. Put some more hair on this dude plus pupils in the eyes and you'd have an exact replica of me.
blondeblurr
The contours on his face just speak volumes, must have been a hard life... great pity that his nose got a bit of a hiding - unless he is sporting the flue ? anyone would feel miserable as well, BB
npauling
He looks a bit grumpy, but then who wouldn't be if they have lived so long and all their friends are dead. A great capture of this interesting face.
mgtcs
Gorgeous sculpture and an impeccable capture, excellent image, amazing photo!
MagikUnicorn
Superb...thanks for the info
flavia49
awesome shot!! This is probably Seneca. Some people here complain about the empty eyes, but in ancient Rome and Greece, all statues were colored with bright colors. In some of them it's still possible to see the actual colors in some hidden parts like the hair or clothes. It's time that made them "white" and so we discovered them. This "marble white" quality became the epytome of Classic art during Neo-Classicism at the end of 18th century. Classical ancient statues MUST be marble white so some during the 19th century some curators of the British Museum erased the colors from the statues (also from the Partenon Marbles) with mechanical tools!!!!
sandra46
absolutely beautiful!