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In the anime _Sekko Boys_ , the members of the idol group at the center of the
show are all sculpture busts:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/thhEc.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/thhEc.png)

Where exactly in the real world do those busts come from though?


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# Medici

Medici is a bust originally sculpted by Michelangelo dating 1526-1516.
[Giuliano de'
Medici](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_de%27_Medici,_Duke_of_Nemours)
lived from 1479 - 1516.

[![Medici](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jnBI2m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jnBI2m.jpg)

[Michelangelo and the
Medici](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo_and_the_Medici)

> Michelangelo, had a complicated relationship with the Medici, an Italian
> noble family of prominence in the 14-18th centuries. The House of Medici
> rose to prominence as Florence's preeminent bankers, amassing a fortune to
> be used for patronage of the arts.

You can see this sculpture in the Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/E4pu9.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/E4pu9.jpg)

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# Hermes

[![enter image description
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This statue is a bust of [Hermes and the Infant
Dionysus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_and_the_Infant_Dionysus).
Dionysus was the Greek god of wine and theatre

[Wikipedia Reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes)

> Hermes is considered a god of transitions and boundaries. He is described as
> quick and cunning, moving freely between the worlds of the mortal and
> divine. He is also portrayed as an emissary and messenger of the gods: an
> intercessor between mortals and the divine, and conductor of souls into the
> afterlife. He has been viewed as the protector and patron of herdsmen,
> thieves, oratory and wit, literature and poetry, athletics and sports,
> invention and trade, roads, boundaries and travellers.

You can see this sculpture at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Elis.

[![enter image description
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# Mars

[![enter image description
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Mars is a Roman god, who is thought to be an adaption of Ares - the Greek god
of war. This bust is from the statue [Ares
Borghese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_Borghese) and it can be seen in
the Louvre, Paris.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I0OqI.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I0OqI.jpg)

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# St. Giorgio

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YjdwAm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YjdwAm.jpg)

AD 275–281 to AD 303

Know as [St. George](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George) in English,
he is a christian soldier who, according to legend, leashed a dragon and slew
it in front of the townspeople after they swore to baptize themselves.

[Read the legend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragon)

Donatello's St. George Sculpture can be found in Orsanmichele, Florence.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xah4bm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xah4bm.jpg)


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