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? Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger 1976

On Tour On tour at UK / SCOTLAND / PERTH / PERTH MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

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The bodybuilder and budding actor Arnold Schwarzenegger poses in a space rendered theatrical by a curtain that cuts the image at the top into two halves. The curve of the curtain to the left is echoed in Schwarzenegger?s pose ? his extended right leg and curved right arm. It shows Mapplethorpe?s interest in the classical tradition with Schwarzenegger?s exceptionally muscular physique reminiscent of Michelangelo?s figures in the Sistine Chapel.

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Classicism

A general term for art and architecture based on ancient Greek and Roman culture.

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  • Acc. No. AR00213
  • Medium Photograph on paper
  • Size 50.80 x 40.60 cm
  • Credit ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008

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