Depictions of man, gods, and heroes revolved around themes of daily life and emotional states. Despite the humble themes and lifelike portrayals of human beings, Hellenistic artworks were still able to display power and authority through the strong emotions they evoked. The bronze statue of the Seated Boxer and the Portrait Statue of Aule Meteli (Arringatore) both display a great sense of power by capturing a sense of realism and evoking emotions upon the viewer.
The Seated Boxer and the Portrait Statue of Aule Meteli both made use of the medium of bronze, allowing way for realistic expressions of the human figure and engagement of the viewers’ attention and emotions. Bronze, a cast from alloys of copper, tin, lead, and other elements, has a lower melting point than pure copper. It’s liquidity allows artists more time to implement fine details while setting in a mold, yet bronze still has the ability to produce a casting with superior tensile strength. The Seated Boxer, a bronze and copper statue, depicts a naked man seated, clothed in nothing