Vintage Muscle Men

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Streaker Day

Let's go back to the mid-1970s to the time of streakers, and we start

with a group that includes a very hairy guy at left.

1974 Campus Streaker

All I have on this one is that it was 1974 and on a college campus.

And it looks like it was a pretty cold day to go out naked.

Into a bar

I think these streakers are ducking into a bar.

Alcohol fueled many such adventures.

Cops

Sometimes the cops got called on streakers. I think this is New York.

Clipping

This is a clipping from a campus newspaper, hence the grainy quality.

Nonetheless, we get a tiny peekaboo between the streaker's legs.

Must have slipped past the faculty censors.

Carrying

I was in graduate school during the streaker craze, and at our university it was considered

bad form to carry ones clothes. I guess these guys didn't get the memo.

Santa Wig?

Is that a Santa Claus wig this streaker is wearing?

Maybe that's a Christmas gift he's carrying.

Netherlands

These streakers are supposed to be from the Netherlands, and that has to be right. Not only

are they showing their nether parts, but look at all those bicycles. They must be Dutch!

Cricket

This 1975 picture shows a streaker jumping a cricket wicket.

And finally . . .

OK, our last streaker of the day probably isn't vintage,

but he was so damn cute, here he is.

Monday, May 18, 2026

Warrior Sculptures Day, Part 1 - Assorted

Today's two part series is about warrior sculptures, and part one starts with an outdoor copy of The God from Cape Artemision. No one seems to be sure if it is Zeus or Poseidon, but both of them could be warriors in the right situations. I think there is a popular video game that uses the image.

Dead Galatian

This gruesome item is Dead Galatian, a 2nd Century A.D. copy of a 3rd Century B.C. Greek original. I decided to include it because of the fine musculature and realism.

Jason

Above we have Jason by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen from 1803. Below, three images of what it would look like in different materials. You might note a key anatomical element in the bronze version does not match the rest of the statue. In typical wry Scandinavian fashion, the person who did the mockups shows the patina worn off a part many passersby would feel compelled to touch. Whoever that was must have been to Vigeland in Oslo. I love the Norse.

Battle of the Nude Men

This terracotta relief is Battle of the Nude Men by Antonio del Pollaiuolo from about 1485.

Gaul

Finishing part one with Kneeling Youthful Gaul,

yet another Roman copy of a Greek work.

Warrior Sculptures Day, Part 2 - Riace Bronzes

Some time ago I posted a photo of the Riace Bronzes, two Fifth Century B.C. sculptures found off the Italian coast in 1972. They are widely considered among the finest full size Greek sculptures ever discovered. Today, I am posting some photos of an experimental museum mockup of what the Riace Warriors statues might have looked like with their original Greek polychrome painting applied.

We will also see another shot of the originals and an interesting drawing.