Living Statues Illustrating Famous Art: The Three Graces – Vintage Poster
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Living Statues Illustrating Famous Art: The Three Graces comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Living Statues Illustrating Famous Art: The Three Graces
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Living statues were a popular form of tableau entertainment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when performers posed motionless in costume to recreate famous sculptures and paintings before audiences. Here the subject is the Three Graces, the classical trio of sisters from Greek myth usually shown embracing, a motif that Raphael and many later artists returned to. Posed live rather than carved in marble, the figures let audiences see a familiar masterpiece come to life on stage. The poster's theatrical billing reflects how such shows drew crowds by mixing high art with the glamour of the variety stage.
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,463 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g05377_ |
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