Youth Dancing 希臘青銅雕像《跳舞的青年》

This beautiful bronze captures a moment when the full achievement of Classical art began to be used for the representation of a single, transitory state. The youth is nude except for a crown of myrtle, an attribute of followers of the god Dionysos. His pose no longer dictates one primary view, for his torso and legs assume a true contrapposto, and his downward glance reinforced by the direction of the arms makes a rather tight spiral of the whole composition. There is a perfect congruence among all parts of the figure, but the shifts in direction evident from every angle maintain an effect of instability and impermanence.

此青銅雕像爲公元四世紀作品，米開郞基羅顯然學習並吸收了希臘雕像的技巧，這一點在他的作品中可以反映出來。

At Michelangelo Divine Draftsman & Designer exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Dec 31, 2017

2017年12月31日攝於紐約大都會藝術博物館「米開郞基羅：與神相連的繪圖者及設計者」藝術展（Michelangelo Divine Draftsman & Designer）。