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The Bronze Statuettes of Athletic Spartan Girl are bronze figurines depicting a Spartan young woman wearing a short tunic in a presumably running pose. These statuettes are considered Spartan manufacture dating from the 6th century B.C., [1] and they were used as decorative attachments to ritual vessels as votive dedications, such as a cauldron, [2] suggested by the bronze rivet on their feet. [3]
In 1969, another bronze statue of king Leonidas, again made by Vasos Falireas, was erected in downtown Sparta. It was designed in 1966, [7] the inscription dated 1968, [8] installed in 1969 [7] and an unveiling ceremony was held in 1970. [7]
Jungwirth sculpted a statue known simply as The Spartan, which soon gained the nickname of "Sparty". Though Jungwirth originally designed The Spartan as a bronze statue, it had to be cast in terra cotta due to World War II rationing of bronze. [2] The terra cotta statue stood on the banks of the Red Cedar River, until 2005, when the university ...
According to the Greek travel writer Pausanias (flourished 143–176 CE), a statue of Euryleonis was erected at Sparta c. 368 BCE. [5] It is one of few bronze statues that survive from anywhere in the Greek world, and in writing there are no personal statues of athletic or military victors in Sparta mentioned before the statue of Euryleonis. [5]
The God of Étang-sur-Arroux (or Autun statuette) is a Gallo-Roman bronze statuette, probably found in the commune of Étang-sur-Arroux, not far from Autun, France. The statuette is of a bearded figure sat cross legged with two ram -headed, fish-tailed serpents feeding from a basket in his hands.
An Ohio artist has forged a larger-than-life 15-foot-tall, $1 million bronze statue of President Trump that will tour the country before eventually ending up at a future Trump presidential library.
The statues of Cynisca (also spelled Kyniska from the ancient Greek Κυνίσκα) were two ancient Greek statues which commemorated Cynisca of Sparta’s Olympic victory in chariot racing at the 396 B.C. and 392 B.C. Olympic Games. Cynisca was the first woman to win at the Olympic Games.
The statuette is 12 cm (4.7 in) tall and 8.5 cm (3.3 in) wide. It is made of two cast bronze pieces: the left arm, head, and cloak belong to one; while the right arm, torso, and legs belong to the other. The statue has been dated to the end of the 1st century CE, during the Roman occupation of Gaul. [3]