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Student Breaks 19th Century Greco-Roman Statue While Taking a Selfie
time.com ^ | 3-18-14 | Francesca Trianni

Posted on 03/18/2014 11:07:16 AM PDT by rawhide

There are a few basic rules in museums. The first: don’t touch the art. The second: don’t take selfies while touching the art.

At a museum in Milan, Italy, a student reportedly broke that second rule: he climbed on a statue dating back to the early 19th century to take a selfie and caused the statue’s left leg to fall off. The discovery was made on Tuesday morning by the staff of the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, one of Italy’s most renowned academic institutions, and it was apparently also recorded by security cameras.

The statue depicts the “Drunken Satyr,” an ancient Greek sculpture of the Hellenistic era showing a human-like figure with animal features drunkenly sleeping. Fortunately, the statue is a copy located in the academy’s hallway leading to a room full of more valuable works of the most famous sculptors of the era, including Antonio Canova, Italian newspapers reported.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: brera; drunkensatyr; godsgravesglyphs; greece; greek; hellenistic; italy; milan; statue
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To: Hot Tabasco
I never thought to look, but here she is with arms:


41 posted on 03/18/2014 7:13:09 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: hotshu

The goblin topplers took a plea in abeyance, a year probation, with fine and restitution yet to be determined. This drops the felony if they live up to the terms.


42 posted on 03/19/2014 12:53:45 AM PDT by glock rocks (If you like your health plan, you're a racist !)
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To: Political Junkie Too

See #42.


43 posted on 03/19/2014 12:55:13 AM PDT by glock rocks (If you like your health plan, you're a racist !)
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To: Rebelbase
The photoshop arms on Venus remind me of this lady

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44 posted on 03/19/2014 1:04:49 AM PDT by woofie
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To: SunkenCiv
Oh, sorry, it’s a 19th c *copy* of the original, which is elsewhere. Give the little bastard 90 days instead.

Good call. I also wouldn't want him doing janitorial work in a museum unless he was in a section with nothing of value. This is the type of moron who would destroy something else negligently if they gave him a job that required him to go near the exhibits.

45 posted on 03/19/2014 2:59:03 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Pollster1

Let’s see...a guy who’s taking a picture of himself sitting in a (naked) male statue’s lap...he’s already got the bad judgment thing working against him. Not much you can do except put his name on an international registry keeping him away from antiquities.


46 posted on 03/19/2014 5:38:12 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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47 posted on 03/19/2014 9:39:15 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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48 posted on 03/19/2014 9:41:42 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Pollster1

:”)


49 posted on 03/19/2014 11:50:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: rawhide

Apparently the museum doesn’t care about yutes tagging their artwork.

So what’s the big deal about a broken leg?


50 posted on 03/19/2014 11:57:22 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: rawhide

by the looks of that museum and statuary; the US is not the only western civilization falling apart.


51 posted on 03/19/2014 8:50:42 PM PDT by Segovia
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To: dblshot

that cracked me up.


52 posted on 03/19/2014 8:53:27 PM PDT by Segovia
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