ART HIS 40A Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Paeonius, Riace, Praxiteles
27 Jun 2016
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Art history 40a short notes, 8: warriors, heroes, athletes and goddesses: Classical greek sculpture and painting (5th and 4th c. bc) Riace bronzes, c. 460-450 bc: two bronze statues of heroes, found underwater near. Flying nike of paionios, c. 420 bc: marble, from olympia. Hermes and dionysos, c. 340 bc: marble, by praxiteles, from temple of hera within the sanctuary at olympia (may not be original, but identified by pausanias) Discobolos, by myron, roman marble copy of a bronze original of c. 450 bc. Doryphoros, by polykleitos, roman marble copy of bronze original of c. 450-440 bc. Aphrodite of knidos, later versions of a type created by praxiteles, c. 340 bc. Apoxyomenos, by lysippos, roman marble copy of bronze original of c. 330 bc. Kylix, scene of foundry, by foundry painter, c. 480 bc. Names and terms: dionysos, demeter, achilles, polykleitos, praxiteles, lysippos,
