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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/860/860-36.jpg
Title	Nike of Samothrace, front view, on ship pedestal.
Alternative Title	Winged Victory of Samothrace; Nike alighting on a warship.
Creator	Rhodian workshop Pythokritos of Rhodes (Rhodian sculptor)
Date	190 BCE?
Cultural Context	Aegean Ancient Greek Greek European Western European
Style/Period	Greek (ancient) Hellenistic
Theme	Sculpture (visual work) Statues Figureheads Prow ornaments Myths (literary documents) Mythology (literary genre) Legends (folk tales) Folk tales Folklore Figurative art Figures (representations) Front views Women Goddesses Costume (mode of fashion) Himations Chitons Drapery (representations) Transparency (optical property) Wings (supernatural) Feather (material) Ships Warships Watercraft Vehicles (transportation) Bows (vehicle components)
Subject	Sculpture Ship figureheads Myths Legends Fictitious characters Supernatural beings Goddesses Women People associated with religion Clothing & dress Feathers Ships Warships Vessels Vehicles
Description	From Samothrace, Greece. [Perhaps by Pythokritos of Rhodes]. "The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace. This monument was probably an ex-voto offered by the people of Rhodes in commemoration of a naval victory in the early second century BC. The theatrical stance, vigorous movement, and billowing drapery of this Hellenistic sculpture are combined with references to the Classical period-prefiguring the baroque aestheticism of the Pergamene sculptors." (Excerpt from the Louvre webiste: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/); (Louvre: Ma 2369).
People Pictured	Nike (Greek deity) Victoria (Roman deity)
Material	Parian marble Rhodian marble Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Measurements	Figure approx. 8' 1" high
Technique	Sculpting Carving (processes)
Work Type	Sculpture Statues
Repository	Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)
Source	Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.5-82, p.159)
Rights	Photo credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 860-36.jpg
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