ARMOUR AND SCULPTURE
Muscular Breastplates
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First introduced in bronze by those cunningly artistic Ancient Greeks and later copied by those ruthlessly overly ambitious Romans, the muscular breastplate has left a definite impression on the history of armour. To me it’s an obvious crossover of armour to sculpture, form to function. I have made tons of these over the years. Here are a few of the more interesting examples.