The Getty Museum of Art recently tweeted a challenge to their Twitter follows to:
- Choose your favorite artwork
- Find 3 things lying around your house
- Recreate the artwork with those items
So first I browsed through the Getty’s collection online and found this “Statue of Jupiter (Marbury Hall Zeus)”, a Roman marble sculpture from 100–1 B.C.
When I saw the broken arms on that sculpture, I knew exactly what I could use … for some reason, I’ve kept a collection of superhero action figures from my childhood, even though a number of them have broken limbs. So my 3 things from my home used to recreate this Roman sculpture include:
- A 1970s-era Captain America action figure
- A remote control (propped up behind him)
- An unused ceramic tile, to mimic the base of the original sculpture)
Here’s my art history match:
