Essentially, the traditional view, a view that's been prevalent for over 250 years, is that the Romans copied Greek sculptures because they couldn't create sculpture of their own.
Gazda hypothesizes that copying didn't indicate a lack of artistic imagination or skill on the part of Roman artists, but rather the Romans made copies because they admired Greeksculpture.
加兹达假设,复制并不意味着罗马艺术家缺乏艺术想象力或技能,而是因为他们欣赏希腊雕塑。
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Today we'll look at yet another category of sculpture—made copies of famous Greek sculptures.