01 Discobolus
Myron · 460–450 BCE
Exhibition 01
Gesture, force, balance
Bodies in Motion
Eleven works that use posture, balance, and composition to describe movement: throwing, falling, wrestling, dancing, and walking.
View Discobolus ↗11 works · allow 15–30 minutes
About this exhibition
Compare each work from the front, side, and back. Notice how a shift in weight, a raised arm, or a supporting element makes the movement readable.
The works
Explore the works.
Open any work for its available 3D view and source record.
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02 The Wrestlers
Mediterranean · 3rd century BCE
03 Terracotta Dancer
Mediterranean · 3rd-2nd century BCE
04 Dying Slave
Michelangelo · 1513-1516
05 Rebellious Slave
Michelangelo · 1513-1516
06 Laocoon and His Sons
Agesander of Rhodes, Athanadoros and Polydoros · c. 40-20 BCE
07 The Walking Man
Auguste Rodin · conceived 1899-1900
08 Figure of a Dancer
Agathon Léonard · ca. 1900
09 Lying Wounded Warrior from the Temple of Aphaia
Mediterranean · c. 500-490 BCE
10 Girl Skating
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle · 1906
11 Borghese Gladiator
c. 100 BCE