Greek Sculpture

Calf bearer (Moschophoros)

Archaic (570 BCE)

Marble, 1.65m height

Found in the Acropolis

Religious; calf for sacrifice— Ideal Athenian man

Peplos Kore

Archaic (530 BCE)

Possible sculptor: Rampin Master

Marble, 1.20m height

Religious; priestess bearing offerings for the gods or is the goddess herself

Rampin rider

Archaic (C. 560-550 BCE)

Sculptor: Rampin Master

Marble, 1.08m height

Winning athlete on horseback (wreath on head)

Ideal man, athletic, arete

Aristodikos kouros

Late Archaic; transitionary piece (C. 500-490 BCE)

Marble, found in Attica, 1.95m height

Funerary statue, placed above the grave of a wealthy man.

Ideal form of man

Zeus/ Poseidon (Artemision Bronze)

Early classical/Severe style (C. 460 BCE)

Bronze, 2.09m height

Found in a sunken ship, in the sea off Cape Artemision

God; moment of stillness before action/striking/punishing

Lapith and Centaur (Temple of Zeus)

Early classical/Severe style (C. 460 BCE)

West pediment; Temple of Zeus Olympia. Marble

Civilisation vs. Barbarism

Apollo (Temple of Zeus)

Early classical/Severe style (C. 460 BCE)

West pediment; Temple of Zeus Olympia. Marble

God— calm, powerful, in control, serene in the midst of chaos

Riace Warrior Bronze A

Early classical/Severe style (C. 450 BCE)

Bronze, 1.98m height. Produced with the “lost wax casting” technique

Ideal— Athlete/warrior

Lancellotti discobolus

Early classical/Severe style (C. 450 BCE)

Originally in bronze, made by Myron. 1.70m height

Roman copy in marble.

Athletic Greek male ideal

Diadoumenos

High classical (C. 450-425 BCE)

Sculptor: Polykleitos, marble, 1.95m height

Archetypal piece; ideal male form of athlete, physical arete

Athlete tying his hair to compete

Dying niobid

High classical (C. 440-430 BCE)

Marble, possibly pediment statue

Myth: Niobe insulted Lato; as punishment: daughter of Niobe dying (struck by Apollo/Artemis, arrow in back)

Possibly warning against insulting gods

Metope 27 (Lapith and Centaur)

High classical (C. 447-438 BCE)

South metope, on the Parthenon

High relief sculpture, by Pheidias.

Dimensions ~1.2m square

Civilisation vs Barbarianism

Caryatid

High classical (C. 421-406 BCE)

The Erechtheion (temple) on the Acropolis. Marble, 2.28m height.

Religious; functions as a column/pillar in temple

Marble Grave Stele of Hegeso

High classical (C. 400 BCE)

Sculptor: Kallimachos.

Low relief sculpture, marble, 1.58m height (1.49m width x 0.92m depth)

Funerary monument; wealth, honour.

Status of women; Pericles’ law (Athenian born parents)