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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/970/978-04.jpg
Title	The Tyrannicides, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, front view.
Creator	Kritios (Greek sculptor, active first half of the 5th century BCE) Nesiotes (Greek sculptor, active early 5th century BCE)
Date	Original Greek bronze: 477 BCE?
Cultural Context	Aegean Ancient Greek Greek European Western European
Style/Period	Greek (ancient) Classical Early Classical Severe Style Archaic (Greek)
Theme	Sculpture (visual work) Statues Portraits Double portraits Figurative art Figures (representations) Front views Three-quarter views Oblique views Men (male humans) Heroes Nudes (representations) Nudity Phallic Costume (mode of fashion) Drapery (representations) Cloaks Hairstyles Motion Gesture Weapons Swords Edged weapons Hilts Fragments Copies (derivative objects) Reproductions
Subject	Sculpture Portraits Men Heroes Nudes Muscles Genitals Clothing & dress Capes (Clothing) Hairstyles Beards Locomotion Human locomotion Gestures Arms & armament Daggers & swords Reproductions
Description	Roman copies of c. 477 BCE Greek bronzes by Kritios and Nesiotes; "The head of Harmodios [figure on right], taken to be similar to that of the Kritios Boy, has a typically Archaic hairstyle (closely packed, patterned curls) juxtaposed with a Severe Style face, while that of Aristogeiton [figure on left] enjoys more consistently Severe Style hair and face." (Excerpt from Pedley, p.231)
People Pictured	Harmodius Aristogeiton
Material	Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Measurements	H: 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m)
Technique	Sculpting Carving (processes)
Work Type	Sculpture Statues Portraits Copies (derivative objects) Reproductions
Repository	Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Italy)
Source	Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/ Prentice Hall, 2007. (fig. 7.26, p.230)
Rights	Photo credit/reproduced in Pedley courtesy: © Fotografica Foglia, Naples.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 978-04.jpg
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