Mars - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 52.718 W 087° 37.445
16T E 448216 N 4636489
Mars was the Roman God of War.
Waymark Code: WMBZTD
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2011
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This bust of Mars is located in the Art Institute of Chicago (coordinates are for the Institutes' Michigan Avenue entrance.)
Photography of permanent exhibits is permitted in the Museum.
The accompanying placard reads:
"Head of Mars
Roman
2nd century A.D.
Marble...
Hardly distinguishable from the Greek god Ares, Mars
was the Roman god of War. This head is, in fact, probably,
acopy by a Roman sculptor of a colossal statue of Ares
made by the mid-fourth-century B.C. Greel sculptor
Leochares, which stood in the god's temple in Asia Minor.
Here the stern-faced god wears a magnificent helmet
decorated in relief, with griffins over his forehead and,
on each cheek guard, an armed image of Cupid, the god of
love. In Roman religion, Mars was closely associated with
Cupid's mother, Venus, who, like the Greek Aphrodite,
was the goddess of love."
Associated Religion(s): Roman
Statue Location: in the Art Institute of Chicago
Entrance Fee: $18
Artist: unknown
Website: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the statue. A waymarker and/or GPSr is not required to be in the image but it doesn't hurt.