‘Winged Victory of Samothrace,’ (c. 200–190 BC)
Sculpture from the Hellenistic era depicting Goddess of victory, Nike,
Constructed of Parian marble, h: 328 cm,
Discovered in 1863 on the Greek island of Samothrace in the northern Aegean Sea, by Charles Champoiseau,
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (1886 – present).
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Polychrome terracotta sculpture of the god Dionysos, holding an egg and a rooster. The unusual attributes may hint at a connection to Orphism, which held that the first deity, Phanes or Protogonos ("First-Born"), was hatched from a cosmic egg. Adherents of Orphism saw humankind as the descendants of Dionysos (under the name "Zagreus"), created when the Titans devoured the young Zagreus and were then struck by Zeus' thunderbolt. Artist unknown; created in Tanagra, Boeotia (an important center of terracotta production) ca. 350 BCE. Now in the British Museum.
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The Goddess of Nature Fountain (Artemis of Ephesus) by Gillis van den Vliete in the garden of Villa d'Este in Tivol, Italy. Photo by Daniel Bordeleau (2017), courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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From web museum
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Dionysos (wine-god), head wreathed with vines and holding a bunch of grapes. 2nd century A.D. copy of a lost Greek original (3rd century B.C.).
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Apollon and Amor (1891) - Ján Fadrusz
Gallery of City Bratislava (Galéria mesta Bratislavy,GMB) - Slovak Republic
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No known works survive of Myron of Eleutherae, but the Athenian was known in his time as one the ancient world's most capable bronze-casters, producing mainly animals. He's better known in modern times for his athletes.
Everything we know, including the most famous discus thrower, is from copies and literary sources. By way of comparison, there are some 650 lines of poetry by Sappho (imagined here after Myron) that have survived 200 years longer than all of Myron's bronzes.
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me when i get too high
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Winged Victory pendant is a wearable sculpture piece for history of art or mythology or archaeology lovers, inspired by statues of Greek Goddess Nike or Roman Goddess Victoria. Goddess Nike and Goddess Athena are sometimes fused together but Nike represented victories mostly in artistic or athletic areas, Athena on the other hand in military ones. (In Athens, Nike was often honored alongside Athena or as an attribute of Athena, where she was called Athena Nike).
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Bronze statuette of Hermes. The god wears his characteristic chlamys (cloak) and winged sandals; he also likely once held his kerykeion (herald's staff). The eyes, which would have been made of glass paste or metal, are now missing. Artist unknown; 1st cent. BCE/CE (Late Hellenistic or Roman). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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2 HEADS | Female [Aphrodite?], Male [portrait]:
Both from Thera [Santorini, Cyclades], Marble
Female : Roman-Hellenistic Period, ca 1-2 BC [?]
Male : 2 AD.
[Loan from] Archaeological Museum of Thera | AMT
Exhibited [06|23] in Baths of Diocletian, Museo Nazionale Romano
"The Instant and Eternity, Between us and the ancients" exhibition
• Web : https://museonazionaleromano.beniculturali.it/en/baths-of-diocletian
• IG : @museonazionaleromano
AMT BOD | Michael Svetbird phs©msp | 18|06|23 6200X4100 600
The photographed object is the collection item of AMT and subject to copyrights.
[non commercial use | sorry for the watermarks]
📸 Part of the "HEADS.Sculpture" MSP Online Photo-gallery:
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https://www.deviantart.com/svetbird1234/gallery/78520831/heads-sculpture
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Apollo and Dionysus.
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