University statue joke

Let's see if this statue is muscular, angular, armed with bows and arrows, and full of strength. Originally thought to be a work of Greek archery. I didn't expect to be surprised to see the title. Is this a descendant? The statues in Tsinghua University are totally Hellenistic. Why did they become the images of foreigners?

1. Is it plagiarism?

Not to mention whether it is a descendant, I really want to ask, is it plagiarism? It's really like Herakler in Boudale, but it's not full of power. Herakler in Boodell's kneeling posture is the classic of this sculpture. The general archer sculpture image (such as Apollo) is shaped as standing archery or kneeling archery. Boodell's classic design lies in the sense of strength and picture concentration brought by the long-span posture with the left leg pushed forward. However? Houyi shoots the sun? The author may have created this particularly weak posture in order to avoid suspicion, and as a result, the expressive force of the original is gone. . .

2. Descendants under the background of myth

The face of this sculpture belongs to westerners, the way of shaping naked muscles is western, and the way of pulling the bow with four fingers is also western, which definitely shows that orientals are not shooting at the sun, not to mention Hou Yi! Moreover, after the bow and arrow are pulled open, the bowstring can hit his thigh, without any sincerity or common sense! In addition, orientals knew tens of thousands of years ago that clothes were made of leaves, bark and hides. Besides, Hou Yi is a tribal leader. How can there be a naked tribal leader? This is the spiritual idol of the sculpture artist of Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts, but it is definitely not Hou Yi.

3. Tsinghua's official response.

In response to this matter, the staff of Tsinghua Art Museum also gave a response. He said that this sculpture existed at the beginning of the building, and there must be an organization to check the works at different levels. She also thinks that the name of this work doesn't match the image of the work, but she also says that the artist's ideas are unique and there are some things that we may not understand. ? What can't be understood? The descendants are westerners.

Postscript: But how to make Hou Yi look like a foreigner is really hard to understand. Is it so hard for these so-called artists to get rid of the image of ancient people in China?