The original Greek Discus-Thrower statue was made in bronze and only known to have existed because of later copies made by Romans. Created by the sculptor Myron in the 5th century BCE, the original captured the moment in which an athlete was about to release a heavy disc, or discus, in an attempt to throw the farthest. The twisted torso is filled with potential energy, a departure from the stable and static forms of the past (see Archaic Greek sculpture). The sculpture found at the Chrysler Museum is a copy of Myron’s, carved by the Italian artist Antonio Frilli over 1,000 years later. During the 19th century, many artists, including architects, decorative artists, and writers were looking to ancient Greece and Rome to both inspire and inform their own work. This period of interest in classical ideals was a movement known as neoclassicism.