Marble bust of the youth

myminifactory

The very short hair and broken cartilage of the ears clearly indicate that this head belonged to either a statue of Herakles or a triumphant athlete. The Romans frequently crafted decorative works by carving the heads of famous Greek statues onto busts or rectangular herms. The surface of this piece has been severely cleaned, and the back may have been re-cut in modern times. A sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure is known as a bust. This form depicts a person's head and neck, along with a variable portion of their chest and shoulders. The piece is typically supported by a plinth. These forms accurately recreate the likeness of an individual. They can be created using any medium used for sculpture, such as marble, bronze, terracotta, or wood. A parallel term, bust, refers to a representation of the upper part of an animal or mythical creature. Sculptural portrait heads from classical antiquity are sometimes displayed as busts, but these are often fragments from full-body statues or were created to be inserted into an existing body.