Classical period bronze art and statues
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Bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon. Found in the sea of
Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea. The god, shown in great stride,
extends his left arm before his body, while holding a thunderbolt or
trident in his right hand. His identification as Zeus or Poseidon is
controversial (the former identification is more probable). It is one of
the few preserved original statues of the Severe Style, notable for the
exquisite rendering of motion and anatomy. It is certainly the work of a
great sculptor of the early Classical period. ca. 460 BC. National
Archaeological Museum of Athens. |
Bronze statue of a youth. From the Antikythera
shipwreck. The figure has been identified with Perseus, who would have
been holding the head of Medusa. More probably, however, it depicts Paris,
who would have been holding the apple of Strife, ready to award it to the
most beautiful goddess, Aphrodite. Attributed to the Sikyonian sculptor
Euphranor. About 340 - 330 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Bronze statue of a young athlete. Found in the sea of
Marathon, Attica. The statue probably depicts the young winner of a
contest, as is suggested by the band on his head which ends in an upright
leaf above the forehead. The object he held in his raised right hand is
not preserved. It is also unclear what he held in his left hand, toward
which he turns his head and gazes steadily. This hand was replaced,
probably at a later period, by another with the palm worked in the form of
a lamp. One of the masterpieces of the Late Classical period, associated
with the school of Praxiteles. About 340-330 BC. National Archaeological
Museum of Athens . |
Bronze statuette of Zeus. Found at Ambrakia,
Aitoloakarnania. The god holds the thunder with the right raised hand. An
eaqle on his extended left hand. About 490-480 BC. National Archaeological
Museum of Athens |
Bronze statuette of Poseidon. Found in the sea, in the
Gulf of Livadostra in Boeotia, at the site of ancient Kreusis, the port of
Plataiai. The god held with his right hand the trident, with his left
probably a dolphin. His eyes were inlaid, made in a different material. A
dedicatory inscription is carved on the low rectangular plinth. About 480
B.C. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Bronze head of Zeus. Found at Olympia. 520-510 BC.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Bronze female winged figure. Hammered, with inlaid bone
eyes. It is not known whether it was only a bust or formed part of a
statue. It has been interpreted as a divine or daemonic being Artemis,
Nike or a Sphinx. One of the rarest and most valuable examples of hammered
free-standing works. indicative of the early technique of bronze statues,
they were made of hammered sheet nailed to a wooden core. From an Ionian
Island workshop, or from a Laconian one by an Ionian artist 590-580 BC.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Basin handle. Depicts two lions tearing apart a stag.
Handles of this kind are found on shallow bronze basins (foot baths) which
were also used as ceremonial vessels. Probably from an Attic workshop.
About 480 BC. Archaeological Museum of Olympia |
Bronze horn and ear of a bull. Was made by the bronze
sculptor Philesios and was a votive offering of the Eretrians after their
victory over the Athenians at the beginning of the 5th c. National
Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Bronze statuette of a horse. Solid cast. It comes from
a small votive chariot. An outstanding work from an Argive workshop. Early
5th c BC. Archaeological Museum of Olympia |
Bronze statuette of an ephebe. From the Antikythera
shipwreck. 4th - 3th c. BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Bronze portrait head of a boxer. Found at Olympia. The
man is crowned with kotinos, the olive-wreath awarded to victors in the
Olympic Games, of which only the stem is preserved. The individual facial
features have led to the identification of the figure as a boxer. The head
probably belonged to a statue of the famous boxer Satyros of Elis, who
repeatedly won the boxing event at Nemea, Pythia and Olympia. The statue
of Satyros at Olympia was the work of the Athenian bronze-sculptor
Silanion. About 330-320 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |