02-14-2011, 12:48 AM
Alexander,
My musculata was made for me by Matt Lukes. We examined as many pieces possible from the Greeks, Etruscans, and the one from D'Amato as well as the statuary. Virtually having none from the Roman era (except the one) we looked at other musculatas and compared them to the statuary and D'Amata photo. They all have certain similarities enough that some of the Etruscan examples could have been what the Romans would have had. It is in my opinion one of the most accurate reconstructions of musculata not in the least because I own it. Months of research went into this project. Most if not all other reconstructions have musculature that is too pronounced. Albeit my musculata seems very muscular, I assure you it is the light that makes it even more so.
I live in NY and have personally seen the musculatas from the Metropolitan museum and none of them have ANY exaggerated musculature.
The picture is on pg 123 of the reconsturction section towards the middle.
My musculata was made for me by Matt Lukes. We examined as many pieces possible from the Greeks, Etruscans, and the one from D'Amato as well as the statuary. Virtually having none from the Roman era (except the one) we looked at other musculatas and compared them to the statuary and D'Amata photo. They all have certain similarities enough that some of the Etruscan examples could have been what the Romans would have had. It is in my opinion one of the most accurate reconstructions of musculata not in the least because I own it. Months of research went into this project. Most if not all other reconstructions have musculature that is too pronounced. Albeit my musculata seems very muscular, I assure you it is the light that makes it even more so.
I live in NY and have personally seen the musculatas from the Metropolitan museum and none of them have ANY exaggerated musculature.
The picture is on pg 123 of the reconsturction section towards the middle.
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Paolo
Paolo
