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The two sculptures being compared are the Greek sculpture the Calf-Bearer and the Christian sculpture the Good Shepherd. While the sharing the same subject and the same raw materials both of these sculptures were created with different artistic styles. In addition to that fact one of these sculptures was made as a reference to a deity and the other is simple believed to be a simple piece of art.
The Calf-Bearer depicts a naked man holding a young calf. It is done in the archaic style with little detail in the face or structure of the body. There is also very little detail in the way the calf was sculpted. Historically there is no reference to this sculpture having any significant meaning; it was probably just a portrait of some wealthy person.
The Good Shepherd is also a sculpture that depicts a man holding a young calf, this time though the figure is clothed. The Good Shepherd piece is carved in the high classical style with much attention paid to detail. You can see the realism in many places such as the detail of the hair, face, and body of both the man and the calf. This piece is also said to have religious significance in the fact that it is said to represent Jesus who in the Christian faith is sometimes referred to as a shepherd.
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