Reverent depictions of Roman and Greek Goddesses were among the few subjects considered worthy of the art student of the time: painter or sculptor. Students were expected to spend many years creating studies of these classic subjects before they could wear the mantle of the Master Sculptor. Bernard the Master Photographer smoothly integrates the classic figure study with his modern photographic study. Bernard echoes the delicate yet strong lines of this classic bust-study that define the work of the master sculptor and Bernard as belonging in the rarefied air of the archetype.