It is one of the works hawthorne called romances unrealistic stories in exotic settings.
The marble faun statue.
A marble statue of a young man leaning against a tree stump.
The marble faun written on the eve of the american civil war is set in a fantastical italy.
The novel s central metaphor is a statue of a faun by praxiteles that hawthorne had seen in rome.
The life size marble statue known as the barberini faun fauno barberini or drunken satyr is located in the glyptothek in munich germany.
The rondanini faun was built on an ancient torso completed by duquesnoy between 1625 and 1630.
The rondanini fawn is a marble sculpture by flemish artist françois duquesnoy it is part of the collection at the british museum in london.
The romance mixes elements of a fable pastoral gothic novel and travel guide.
The marble faun novel by nathaniel hawthorne published in 1860.
A faun is the roman equivalent of a greek satyr.
The effect of crime.
This information is published from the museum s collection database.
The marble statue of a faun becomes a central element and metaphor for the character of donatello.
Duquesnoy s completion of antiques was acclaimed in rome as absolutely perfect.
In greek mythology satyrs were human like male woodland spirits with several animal features often a goat like tail hooves ears or horns.
The faun of praxiteles is in the collection of the capitoline museum in rome.
In the faun s fusing of animal and human.
Paul getty museum 1984.