2007-11-05 14:36:02 · 16 answers · asked by Emmanuel M 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Sculpture
atlas
2007-11-05 14:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by je 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The guy was called Atlas and the name of the statue is "Farnese Atlas". It resides in the Classical museum in Naples, Italy. It was made in late Roman times (second century AD) possibly from an early Greek original but more likely from paintings This Roman copy is now regarded as the original and may well be. It is seven feet tall and sculpted out of marble.
Atlas was from a race called the Titans and he got together a gang of them and they knocked ten tons out of Zeus who was the accepted God of War. Its not real, of course, its all Greek mythology. Zeus, who was all-powerful plonked the globe on Atlas's shoulders as a punishment. The statue is important in that the globe shows the stars as they were then in great detail.
The extraordinary thing about all of this is that the Greeks and Romans had some notion that the world was spherical for it was well over a thousand years before Columbus made his little jaunt and discovered that it was not flat.
2007-11-06 04:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by Professor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The god in the statue is Atlas and he is typically shown holding the weight of the world on his shoulders.
2007-11-05 22:38:51 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atlas is the name of the statue and the name of the god holding the earth.
2007-11-05 22:38:36 · answer #4 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-11-05 22:46:13 · answer #5 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-11-05 22:38:56 · answer #6 · answered by Kelly P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-11-05 22:38:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atlas, holds the weight of the world on his shoulders. As he was a hero of Zeus and he failed him. So for his failure he must feel the burden of losing face with Zeus.
2007-11-05 22:41:10 · answer #8 · answered by Valcruel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atlas..the Greek (I believe) mythological god who bore the weight of the world
2007-11-05 22:39:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the answer is ATLAS
2007-11-05 22:39:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋