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The Colossus of the Naxians is a kouros statue made of Naxian marble which was about 9 metres high, [1] now located in the Museum on Delos and originally from one of the islands of the Cyclades. The colossus is an example of archaic monumental sculpture and dates to the end of the seventh century BC.
The monument was made entirely of marble and reached 12.45 meters in height. The monument created awe to the visitors and constituted a typical example of Naxian sculpture in its peak period, i.e. in the sixth century B.C. On the base there was an inscription dated to 328-327 B.C., renewing the promanteia for the Naxians:
Statue of a Naxian marble Kouros found at Ancient Thera and on display in the National Archaeological Museum Athens. Naxian marble is a large-crystaled white marble which is quarried from the Cycladic Island of Naxos in Greece. It was among the most significant types of marble for ancient Greece and it continues to be quarried in modern times.
The Dedication of Nikandre is a Greek marble sculpture, made approximately around 650 BCE, held in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece (Inv. 1). Nikandre, a woman from the island of Naxos , dedicated the statue in the temple of Artemis at Delos , the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis.
List of paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat; List of paintings by Frédéric Bazille; List of paintings by Arnold Böcklin; List of paintings by Hieronymus Bosch; List of paintings by Sandro Botticelli; List of works by François Boucher; List of paintings by Eugène Boudin; List of paintings by Valentin de Boulogne; List of paintings by Ford ...
Titian paintings on display in the Museo del Prado (from left to right: Danaë and the Shower of Gold, The Worship of Venus, The Bacchanal of the Andrians, and Venus and Adonis) This incomplete list of works by Titian contains representative portraits and mythological and religious works from a large oeuvre that spanned 70 years. (Titian left ...
This is a list of sculptors – notable people known for three-dimensional artistic creations, which may include those who use sound and light. It is incomplete and you can help by expanding it. It is incomplete and you can help by expanding it.
The Annunciation is an oil painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, finished around 1608.It housed in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy.. The painting has been considerably damaged and retouched, and what remains of Caravaggio's brushwork is the angel, who bears a resemblance to the figure in John the Baptist at the Fountain.