Ancient Greek sculpture Ancient Greek sculpture The Aphrodite of Knidos was one of the most famous creations of the Attic sculptor Praxiteles ( 4th century BC). The statue became famous for being one of the first religious depictions of a major female god completely nude. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aphrodite of Knidos"
The Apollo Belvedere is a marble sculpture that was rediscovered in the late 15th century; for centuries it epitomized the ideals of Classical Antiquity for Europeans, from the Renaissance through the 19th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apollo Belvedere"
The Athena Promachos was an immense gold and ivory statue which stood at the forefront of the Parthenon in Athens. Pheidias' Athena was colossal both in size and beauty. Overpowering as it was, the statue has not survived. However, various roman copies remain to show the detail with which Pheidias sculpted such a masterpiece, but not one conveys its size and grandeur. ...more on Wikipedia about "Athena Promachos"
The Charioteer of Delphi, also known as Heniokhos (the rein-holder), is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece, and is considered one of the finest examples of ancient bronze statues. The life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi, and is now in the Delphi Archaeological Museum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charioteer of Delphi"
Classical sculpture refers to the forms of sculpture from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It also refers to modern sculptures done in a classical style. Classical sculptures have been popular since the Renaissance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Classical sculpture"
The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant statue of the god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos in the 3rd century BC. It was roughly the same size as the Statue of Liberty in New York, although it stood on a lower platform. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colossus of Rhodes"
The Diadumenos or (diadem-bearer) is except the Doryphoros and Discophoros the most famous figuric type of Polyclitus and a basic pattern of the ancient Greek scultural art. The Diadumenos is the winner of a concurrence. The figure push up both of the arms in intension to set up the diadem. Pliny the Elder told about Roman marble copies from the Greek original in bronze. The marble copies in the British Museum perhaps are compare the Greek original of Polyclitus, except the hands have been lost. The successors after Polyclitus scholarship Lysippos and Scopas created figures of this kind too. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diadumenos" Evergreen www.shortopedia.com!!! Ancient_Greek_sculpture
The so-called Discobolus of Myron is a famous sculpture from Greek antiquity. A discus thrower is depicted about to release his throw. The moment captured in the statue is known as rhythmos, harmony and balance. Myron is often credited as being the first sculpture to master this style. The body of the discus thrower in the sculpture is said to be unnatural to a human, and today considered a rather inefficient way to throw the discus. Also there is very little emotion shown in the discus throwers face. The other trademark of Myron depicted in this sculpture is how well the body is proportioned, symmetria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Discobolus"
The Discophoros, also spelled Discophorus, meaning "Discus-Bearer" is one of the figure's in according to the Classical Greek sculptor Polyclitus. It's so known like the so called Doryphoros and Diadumenos. Designed as an example of the "canon" the sculptor developed in the hopes of increasing the realism of the sculpted form, it features a muscular, solidly-built athlete in ponderation. The marble copies that survive, all dating to the Roman era, feature the addition of a marble tree stump. The stump was needed to support the additional weight of marble, and the weaker nature of marble in shear strength than the original bronze. In Roman marble copies they're a statue, where the athlete has the discus in the hand. in the rule the arms of the athlete are defect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Discophoros"
Doryphoros, also spelled Doryphorus, meaning "Spear-Bearer," is the title given to the best-known work of the Classical Greek sculptor Polykleitos . Designed as an example of the "canon" that Polykleitos developed in the hopes of increasing the realism of the sculpted form, it features a muscular, solidly-built athlete with idealized features leaning on a spear. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doryphoros"
The Dying Gaul is an ancient Roman marble copy of a lost ancient Greek statue, thought to have been executed in bronze, that was commissioned some time between 230 BC- 220 BC by Attalos I of Pergamon to honor his victory over the Galatians. The present base was added after its rediscovery. The identity of the statue's sculptor is unknown but it has been suggested that Epigonus, the court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon, may have been its author. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dying Gaul"
The Farnese Hercules stood for generations in his own room at Palazzo Farnese, Rome, frescoed with his feats by Federico Zuccaro in 1566-69 (as Vasari noted). Statue now displayed in Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. The Hercules is one of the most famous sculptures of antiquity, and has fixed the image of the mythic hero in the European imagination. The sculpture is a 3rd century Roman copy (or perhaps one made in the Athenian studio of Glycon) of a sculpture by Lysippos or one of his circle, in the 4th century BCE. The chronicler Ulisse Aldrovandi recorded in 1592 that the statue had been unearthed in 1546 in the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla (dedicated in 216 CE). It quickly made its way into the collection of Alessandro Farnese, nephew of Pope Paul III. Alessandro Farnese was well placed to form one of the greatest collections of classical sculpture that has been assembled since Antiquity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Farnese Hercules"
Kleobis and Biton is the name of two figures in Greek legend. It is also the name conventionally given to a pair of lifesize Archaic Greek statues, or kouroi, which are now in the Archaeological Museum at Delphi, Greece. The statues date from about 580 BC and come from Argos in the Peloponnese, although they were found at Delphi. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kleobis and Biton"
In Greek art, kourotrophos were small, sculpted terra-cotta figures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kourotrophos"
The small (65 cm high) limestone Cretan sculpture called the Lady of Auxerre, (or Kore of Auxerre), at the Louvre Museum in Paris depicts an archaic Greek goddess of c. 650 - 625 BC. It is a Kore ("maiden"), perhaps a votary rather than the maiden Goddess Persephone herself, for her right hand touches her solar plexus and her left remains stiffly at her side (Basel 2001). ...more on Wikipedia about "Lady of Auxerre"
The statue of Laocoön and his Sons, also called the Laocoön Group, is a monumental marble sculpture, now in the Vatican Museums, Rome. The statue is attributed by the Roman author Pliny the Elder to three sculptors from the island of Rhodes, Agesander, Athenedoros and Polydorus. It shows Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents. Both the Iliad and the Aeneid describe this as Poseidon's wrath for Laocoön's attempt to expose the ruse of the Trojan Horse. (See the Aeneid quotation at the entry Laocoon.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Laocoön and his Sons"
Mourning Athena is a Greek relief sculpture dating circa 470 BC. It is one of the first Greek statues to that portray human emotion as a significant part of the subject. In this relief, the goddess Athena seems tired and mournful. Although the image of Athena is somewhat formulated, the statue succeeds in capturing an emotion and showing it through the medium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mourning Athena"
The sculpture of Ancient Greece is by far the most important surviving form of Ancient Greek art, although only a small fragment of Greek sculptural output has survived. Greek sculpture, often in the form of Roman copies, was immensely influential during the Italian Renaissance, and remained the “classic” model for European sculpture until the advent of modernism in the late 19th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sculpture of Ancient Greece"
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia carved by the famed Classical sculptor Phidias ( 5th century BC) circa 435 BC, in present day Greece, is traditionally one of the Seven Wonders of the World. In AD 394, after over 800 years at Olympia, it was taken to Constantinople (modern Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Historians believe it was then probably destroyed in an accidental fire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Statue of Zeus at Olympia"
The Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek sculpture. It is believed to depict Aphrodite (called Venus by the Romans), the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (80 inches) high, but without its arms and its original plinth. From an inscription on its now-lost plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch; it was earlier mistakenly attributed to the master sculptor Praxiteles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Venus de Milo"
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called Nike of Samothrace, is a marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory), discovered in 1863 on the island of Samothrace ( Greek: Σαμοθρακη, Samothraki) by the French consul and amateur archaeologist Charles Champoiseau. The statue is now displayed in the Louvre in Paris while a plaster replica stands in the museum at the original location of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothraki. ...more on Wikipedia about "Winged Victory of Samothrace"
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