Bronze warrior

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The beautiful naked warrior originally held a spear in his raised hand, and probably a shield with his other arm. He is characterized by a small head, a massive neck, and a flat chest. His long legs and the shape of his broad chest are reminiscent of Minoan art conventions. The sculpture was most likely made by a Cretan artist. The warrior stands on a base fastened with dowels to a thinner sheet of bronze. This evidence indicates that the figure belonged to a tripod cauldron, a three-legged deep bowl, and probably stood next to one of the large ring handles.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art