Bronze cuirass (body armor) 4th century Greek, Apulian The cuirass was the major element of a Greek warrior's panoply. This one is considerably later than most of the objects in this gallery, as indicated by its articulation. It also illustrates how much body armor has in common with sculpture. The front and back plates of a cuirass typically provide sensitive renderings of the male torso. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #1057. Bronze cuirass (body armor) Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not av
Bronze cuirass (body armor) 4th century Greek, Apulian The cuirass was the major element of a Greek warrior's panoply. This one is considerably later than most of the objects in this gallery, as indicated by its articulation. It also illustrates how much body armor has in common with sculpture. The front and back plates of a cuirass typically provide sensitive renderings of the male torso. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #1057. Bronze cuirass (body armor) Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as Bronze cuirass (body armor). Greek, Apulian. 4th century Bronze. Classical. Bronzes
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