Tyche-Fortuna & St. Hilary of Galeata

TYCHE-FORTUNA ST . HILARY OF GALEATA

Tyche-Fortuna St . Hilary of Galeata

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Tyche-Fortuna St . Hilary of Galeata The Metropolitan Museum of Art , or The Met , as it is commonly known , is a grand museum located in New York City , just along the east edge of Central Park . Housing over two million works of art , The Metropolitan Musueum of Art is considered as one of the biggest art museums in the world . Within its stately halls and vast rooms are some of the finest art

pieces to be ever put on display , not just to be taken in as objects of pure aesthetic pleasure , but to also learn from the ways and culture of the respective times and places that they were borne of . Being in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a truly excellent way to learn of how artworks from different places share common themes as well as maintain a certain uniqueness that gives them their distinctive qualities . A perfect case regarding this matter are the two pieces the Marble Statue of Tyche-Fortuna restored with the portrait head of a woman ' and the column statue of St . Hilary of Galeata

At first glance one would say that the two pieces of sculptures are very much different from each other . While one seems more realistic in terms of bodily proportion and features , the other is more of an exaggerated representation of a person , like a caricature . But a harder look at both pieces would reveal the...