Bronze

The Royal Academy of Arts in London is mounting an exhibit called Bronze, a selection of famous bronzes from many different cultures and eras. It's a truly amazing collection. Video discussion here. Above, Damned Soul, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, after Gianlorenzo Bernini, ca. 1705.

 The Chimera of Arezzo. Date disputed, possibly Etruscan, c. 400 BC.

Portrait of King Seuthes III of Thrace, ca. 300 BC. I put this work on this blog before and it generated some discussion, because it is quite remarkable. I noticed that while this is often called a Thracian work, the curator of this exhibit says quite carefully this it is a Hellenistic work found in Bulgaria, implying that he thinks it was made by Greek artists.

The Dancing Satyr, a classical Greek work recently found on the sea floor off Sicily.

Vulcan's Forge, Adriaen de Vries, 1611.

Danaide, Constantin Brancusi, 1918.