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The Lonely Palette

Ep. 57 - Juno, A Colossal Roman Statue (late 1st c. BCE)

The Lonely Palette

The Lonely Palette

Arts, Podcast, Art, Museum, Painting, Modern Art, Visual Arts, Art History

4.8857 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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We stan a queen. This episode was produced in partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. See the images: https://bit.ly/3tXx80o Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, “Pigpaddle Creek,” “Temperance,” “Highway 94,” “Floating Whist,” “Danver County,” “Mr. Graves,” “Willow Belle” Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Support the show: www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

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0:00.0

Hub and spoke.

0:03.0

Audio Collective.

0:10.0

When I was walking by the door because I was just going to walk right by and all of a sudden I turned and saw this and I had to come in and check it all out.

0:20.0

I walked in and looked up and my jaw just dropped. This is one huge sculpture.

0:26.0

I see like a gianormous, like goddess.

0:32.0

It's just imposing I don't want to say in your face it I guess it's a woman and it's power and it I had to see it

0:43.0

She is like maybe 20 feet tall.

0:46.0

It amazes me that this is a woman too.

0:49.0

I don't know why, but I sort of expect men to be made into huge sculptures.

0:53.4

I love the way her hair flows too.

0:55.6

It's absolutely beautiful.

0:57.2

It's very luscious, the locks of hair.

1:00.8

It almost looks like serpents.

1:03.4

Her hands are broken off, and I really, really wonder

1:07.0

what her hand gestures are,

1:08.2

because one of them would have been raised

1:10.2

to, like her neck or her face.

1:12.2

And the face has a rather big nose for modern standards

1:16.0

and big eyes and the luscious lips I guess.

1:20.0

She's got really powerful legs, which I guess you would if you were a goddess.

1:25.0

One knee is slightly bent and, you know, that sort of classic casual posture.

1:29.0

She's posed so naturally and so beautifully and there's such an elegant nature to the way she's

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