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... Statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. Another possibility is that he may have also been motivated by the Greek horses on top of the Venetian Church of St Mark's, as the Greek and the Roman civilizations shared the same iconography of depicting horses as an image of courage and honor.
The Equestrian of Marcus Aurelius
As the equestrian stature had become the sample for many successive heroic memorials, it is necessary that such a meaningful statue would influence the passionate artists of the generations that followed the Roman civilization. Of these artists were Donatello di Niccolô and Leonardo Da Vincci. The statue of Gattamelata (the popular name of commander Erasmo da Narni) on horseback was created c. 1447-50 by Donatello (figure 8). He was inspired by the Statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. Another possibility is that he may have also been motivated by the Greek horses on top of the Venetian Church of St Mark's, as the Greek and the Roman civilizations shared the same iconography of depicting horses as an image of courage and honor.
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The Equestrian of Marcus Aurelius Roman Statuary: The Merging of Roman, Greek, and Etruscan Techniques in the Creation of the Equestrian of Marcus Aurelius Three great civilizations with obvious stylistic acquaintances are the Roman (753 – 1461 A.D), Greek (8000-30 B.C) and Etruscan (700-100 B.C) ones. The Roman culture, specifically, combined elements of the Greek and Etruscan art. The Roman Ancient Art is profoundly a description of a state of a creational art that has no absolute cultural basics. Each of the Greek and Etruscan’s art techniques influenced the Roman architecture, sculpture, portraiture ...... Statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. Another possibility is that he may have also been motivated by the Greek horses on top of the Venetian Church of St Mark's, as the Greek and the Roman civilizations shared the same iconography of depicting horses as an image of courage and honor.
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