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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/850/850-37.jpg
Title	Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece, east pediment, Seer, detail, head, front, slight three-quarter view.
Date	470-456 BCE?
Cultural Context	Aegean Ancient Greek Greek European Western European
Style/Period	Greek (ancient) Classical Severe Style Early Classical
Theme	Architecture (object genre) Buildings Temples Religious buildings Ceremonial structures Architectural elements Pediments Sculpture (visual work) Narrative (artistic device) Narratives (document genres) Storytelling Myths (literary documents) Mythology (literary genre) Legends (folk tales) Folk tales Folklore Scenes (depictions) Races (events) Contests Recreation Statues Fragments Figurative art Figures (representations) Front views Three-quarter views Oblique views Men (male humans) Old age Elderly Detail views
Subject	Architecture Buildings Temples Greek temples Religious facilities Architectural elements Pediments Sculpture Architectural sculpture Architectural decorations & ornaments Storytelling Myths Legends Contests Recreation Fictitious characters Men Older people Baldness Beards Details
Description	"The pedimental statues (which faced toward the starting point of all Olympic chariot races) are, in fact, posed like actors on a stage - Zeus in the center, Oinomaos and his wife on one side, Pelops and Hippodameia on the other, and their respective chariots to each side. All are quiet; the horrible events known to every spectator have yet to occur. Only one man reacts - a seer who knows the future. He is a remarkable figure. Unlike the gods, heroes, and noble youths and maidens who are the almost exclusive subjects of Archaic and Classical Greek statuary, this seer is a rare depiction of old age. He has a balding, wrinkled head and sagging musculature - and a shocked expression on his face. This is a true show of emotion, unlike the stereotypical 'Archaic smile,' without precedent in earlier Greek sculpture and not a regular feature of Greek art until the Hellenistic age." (Excerpt, p.128)
People Pictured	Iamos
Material	Marble (rock) Stone (rock) Rock
Measurements	Full figure approx. 4' 6" high
Technique	Sculpting Carving (processes)
Work Type	Architecture Buildings Temples Religious facilities Sculpture Architectural sculpture Statues
Repository	Archaeological Museum (Olympia, Greece)
Source	Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.5-31, p.128)
Rights	Photo credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Studio Kontos.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 850-37.jpg
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