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The marble faun statue.
The romance mixes elements of a fable pastoral gothic novel and travel guide.
The life size marble statue known as the barberini faun fauno barberini or drunken satyr is located in the glyptothek in munich germany.
This information is published from the museum s collection database.
The rondanini faun was built on an ancient torso completed by duquesnoy between 1625 and 1630.
In greek mythology satyrs were human like male woodland spirits with several animal features often a goat like tail hooves ears or horns.
The effect of crime.
The marble faun written on the eve of the american civil war is set in a fantastical italy.
Samuel wagstaff jr american 1921 1987 sold to the j.
The marble faun novel by nathaniel hawthorne published in 1860.
It is one of the works hawthorne called romances unrealistic stories in exotic settings.
Paul getty museum 1984.
The marble statue of a faun becomes a central element and metaphor for the character of donatello.
In the faun s fusing of animal and human.
A faun is the roman equivalent of a greek satyr.
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 novel s central metaphor is a statue of a faun by praxiteles that hawthorne had seen in rome.
The faun of praxiteles is in the collection of the capitoline museum in rome.