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Moschophoros (Greek: μοσχοφόρος "calf-bearer") is an ancient Greek statue of the Archaic period, also known in English as The Calf Bearer.It was excavated in fragments in the Perserschutt on the Acropolis of Athens in 1864.
The main body of the central statue that made up the akroteria was composed of bronze, not marble. There is evidence of gold foiling and gold wiring through the main bronze core. Researchers have hypothesized on the form of the statue, but there is no trace of the original sculpture to indicate what the central akroteria really looked like.
Joining Norman and Battle were the London Metropolitan Orchestra and the Greek National Opera, as well as over a hundred people dressed in ancient Greek clothing. The screen mounted at the Olympia connected visual images of ancient Greek performances — vases, frescoes and statues — that invested music with images of the planet Mars. [7] [8]
The Phrasikleia Kore is an Archaic Greek funerary statue by the artist Aristion of Paros, created between 550 and 540 BCE. It was found carefully buried in the ancient city of Myrrhinous (modern Merenta) in Attica and excavated in 1972.
The Hellenistic statue depicts Nike, the winged Greek goddess of victory; its arms, wings and head are not preserved. The statue was discovered in the nineteenth century near Megara, a town near Athens, Greece. It is kept in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, although in storage, and not in exhibition.
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The Peplos Kore is an ancient sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens. It is considered one of the best-known examples of Archaic Greek art. Kore is a type of archaic Greek statue that portrays a young woman with a stiff posture looking straight forward. Although this statue is one of the most famous examples of a kore, it is actually not ...
The Hermes of Andros (Greek: Ερμής της Άνδρου) is a large Roman-era marble sculpture of the Greek god Hermes, god of commerce and messengers, that was unearthed in the Aegean island of Andros, Greece in the early eighteenth century.