greek sculptures

moschophoros/calf bearer

archaic

hymettian marble

570 bce

found in the Acropolis

religious; calf for sacrifice

peplos kore

archaic

Parian marble

530 bce

possibly made by ‘rampin master’

religious statue: woman bearing offerings for the gods or goddess herself

rampin rider

archaic

made by the ‘rampin master’?

athlete on horseback

aristodikos kouros

500-490 bce

late archaic

marble

found in Attica

funerary statue

artemision bronze

early classical

460 bce

found in sea off cape artemision

god

lapith and centaur

early classical

pediment; temple of Zeus Olympia

athenian woman vs barbarian centaur

apollo

early classical

pediment; temple of Zeus Olympia

god

riace bronze a

early classical

450 bce

athlete/warrior

lancellotti discobolus

450 bce

early classical

made by Myron, originally in bronze

athlete

diadoumenos

classical

marble

450-425 bce

made by Polykleitos

athlete binding his hair

the dying niobid

classical

440-430 bce

mythoclogical woman; warning?

metope xxvii lapith and centaur

classical

447-438 bce

made by Pheidias

civilisation vs barbarianism

caryatid

classical

421-406 bce

found in the Acropolis

functions as a column/pillar in temple; religious

marble grave stele of hegeso

classical

400 bce

made by Kallimachos

funerary monument