Bust of Demeter-Ceres. 39cm

Description

Bust of Demeter-Ceres, reproduction of a sculpture made in molded marble (marble powder plus binder). Aging finish achieved with patinas based on natural earth pigments. Its texture and finish give it the appearance of an original marble statue that has aged over several centuries.

• Sculpture measurements: Width: 27 cm. Depth: 27 cm. Height: 39 cm
• Approx. weight: 17 kg

Reproductions of sculptures inspired by original museum pieces. Classic art. Handmade in Spain. The sculpture has a magnificent presence for use in interior decoration (living rooms, foyers, libraries and offices) and also for outdoors, terraces, and gardens. Weather-resistant.

Bust of Demeter-Ceres. The bust we reproduce is a recreation of the Greek goddess Demeter (Ceres in Rome). It is inspired by a 19th-century sculpture from a private collection.

The goddess Demeter is the goddess of agriculture and the fertility of fields. One of her attributes is often wheat spikes, which appear in many representations as an offering. She is associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries, where she was worshiped, perhaps related to the mysteries of life and death, regeneration, and rebirth.

According to myth, Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, lived happily with her daughter Persephone until Hades, god of the underworld, kidnapped her. Then the goddess of crops, plunged into sadness, descended to Hades, and her disappearance from the surface of the earth caused the inactivity in nature characteristic of winter. In her desperate search for Persephone, Demeter appears before her brother Hades in the underworld, and the sterility of nature caused by her disappearance leads Zeus to intervene, agreeing to a compromise: Persephone would spend half the year in the realm of the Underworld and the rest on the surface.

This bust of Demeter allows us to recall the ancient myths that symbolize the cycles of nature, of dormancy and regeneration, of spring and winter, of life and death.