The Farnese Hercules One of my favorite Ancient Greek statue. (of course a Roman copy we see here) Hercules has completed his eleventh labour that steal three of the golden apples of the Hesperides. He has taken the golden apples by cheating Atlas. holding them in his back hand now. He had just carried the Earth instead of Atlas while he went for take the golden apples. His massive body of muscle is tired, leaning on his oak club and resting. This is why i love so much this statue, sincerity, emotion, pathos. There are researchers who associate the old and tired Hellenistic Hercules statues with the collapse of Ancient Greece, and of course there are those who strongly against this. Well i am thinking that art does not need to wait to understand society 50 years. Artist know and reflect changes in society. #farnesehercules #hercules #greekstatue #louvremuseum #hellenistic #hellenisticart #ancientgreekart #classicalart #classicalarchaeology #ancientgreeksculpture https://www.instagram.com/p/CQgCvrBHKat/?utm_medium=tumblr
