In classical antiquity, the muscle cuirass (Latin: lorica musculata), [a] anatomical cuirass, or heroic cuirass is a type of cuirass made to fit the wearer's torso and designed to mimic an idealized male human physique. It first appears in late Archaic Greece and became widespread throughout the 5th and 4th centuries BC. [1] .

Lorica musculata (Latin: lorica musculata, literally "muscular cuirass") is a type of ancient roman armor similar to a cuirass, consisting of anatomically shaped segments usually made of two interconnected pieces.

2020年5月14日 · The surviving Roman bronze cuirass in New York is either an actual cuirass or the torso of a bronze equestrian statue depicting an emperor wearing a lorica musculata. Whatever its purpose, it could easily have been made by the same metalworker.

Unearthed during the family’s excavations on its Mentana estates between 1832 and 1833, this headless torso was part of a statue of a standing male wearing a short-sleeved tunic under a decorated muscle cuirass and a mantle.

2024年12月2日 · The cuirass (lorica musculata) on Augustus’ chest is the most detailed aspect of the statue, richly adorned with allegorical and mythological imagery. At the center, a Parthian figure returns the Roman standards to a Roman officer, symbolizing the restoration of …

eavily ornate lorica of this type were often depicted on statues created during Imperial Roman times. Early sculpture is characterized by a high standard of artistic merit and shows anatomical detail of the ideal male torso.

Statue of the Augustus of Prima Porta, wearing a lorica (leather cuirass). Found in 1863 in Livia’s Villa on the Via Flaminia, near Prima Porta, from which the statue takes its name.

Statue of Julius Caesar as imperator, wearing lorica (cuirass) and paludamentum (short military cloack). Plaster cast. Original: Marble, the reign of Trajan (98—117 CE).

Verona, Archaeological Museum. A statue of an emperor in armour. Marble. Julio-Claudian period. (Museo archeologico al teatro romano). Verona, vicolo San Clemente. © 2011. Photo: Ilya Shurygin. Info: museum annotation.

2023年9月7日 · Media in category "Lorica musculata" The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. Antica roma, torso loricato, 190 ca.jpg 1,506 × 2,937; 2.25 MB