Created by Greek sculptor Polymides of Argos, Biton and Kleobis is a pair of archaic Greek statues created by the Argives in 580 BC to worship the two human brothers related by Solon in the legend entitled Histories. The statue is now inside the Delphi Archaeological Museum in Delphi, Greece.
These tremendous statues found in the sea off southern Italy in 1972 are important because so few original Greek bronze statues survive. Most of the classical nudes in museums were carved in marble in the Roman era, as reproductions of such rare, and now largely lost, originals.
Athena Promachos, was a colossal bronze statue of the Greek goddess Athena which stood between the Propylaea and the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens, sculpted by Pheidias. Athena Parthenos, was a massive chryselephantine sculpture of the Greek goddess Athena which stood inside the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens, sculpted by Pheidias.
The Sphinx is a gigantic statue made from the bedrock of Giza plateau. It is the world’s largest statue that is made from a single stone. A Sphinx, according to Greek mythology has the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird, although The Great Sphinx of Giza has the face of a King and no wings.
Polyclitus (Polycleitus or Polykleitos) created a gold and ivory statue of Hera for the goddess's temple at Argos. Strabo called it the most beautiful rendering of Hera he'd ever seen, and it was considered by most ancient writers as one of the most beautiful works of all Greek art. All his other sculptures were in bronze.
25 of the Most Famous Ancient Greek Statues and Sculptures; Where Are They Now? … The first copy of the famous statue, found on the property of Massimo family, …
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