Tarragona Provincial Council Modern Art Museum

Diana, Santiago Costa

Diana, Santiago Costa. Provincial Government of Tarragona Modern Art Museum.

 

Diana, Santiago Costa. Provincial Government of Tarragona Modern Art Museum.

 

Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and woodland, is depicted with a marked Mediterranean quality. Unlike the classical sculptures, it is characterised by a simplification of forms, distancing it from the ornamentation and stylisation of the figure. The sculptor wished to capture the movement and muscular tension in the figure and shows us a naked Diana with a mantle covering her shoulders. The objects that cause the tension in her body, a bow and arrow, are also missing.

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