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Title
Charioteer
,
front
view
.
Date
480-450 BCE?
Cultural Context
Aegean
Ancient Greek
Greek
Sicilian
European
Western European
Style/Period
Greek (ancient)
Classical
Early Classical
Severe Style
Archaic (Greek)
Late Archaic
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Statues
Fragments
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Front views
Three-quarter views
Oblique views
Men (male humans)
Athletes
Costume (mode of fashion)
Drapery (representations)
Transparency (optical property)
Hairstyles
Subject
Sculpture
Men
Athletes
People associated with entertainment & sports
Clothing & dress
Hairstyles
Description
From
Motya
[Mozia]
,
Sicily
. "His
hairstyle
is
Late
Archaic
, but the
face
is
distinctly
Severe
(eyes
,
lids
,
cheeks
,
chin)
.
[…]
The
fabric
clings
to the
body
,
revealing
the
contours
of
muscled
thigh
,
hip
, and
buttock
.
Folds
are
bunched
together
,
regularly
arranged
ridges
and
channels
in
some
passages
,
unevenly
spaced
in
others
. At the
ankles
,
folds
overlap
in
Archaic
patterns.
"
(Excerpts
from
Pedley
,
pp
.
239
,
241)
Material
Marble (rock)
Rock
Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 5 ft 11 1/4 in (1.81 m)
Technique
Sculpting
Carving (processes)
Work Type
Sculpture
Statues
Repository
Motya Museum (Motya [Mozia], Sicily)
Source
Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/ Prentice Hall, 2007. (fig. 7.37, p.239)
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
978-06.jpg
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