Chapter 1 - Classical Tradition & Sculptural Types

The Riace bronze
- aka the Riace Warriors
- aka Bronzi di Riace [Italian /ˈbrondzi di riˈaːtʃe/]
Two full-size Greek bronzes of naked bearded warriors found in the sea near Riace in 1972.

The Riace Warriors

- Phidias in c.460–450 BC
- bronze (Statue A 198 cm, Statue B 197 cm)

- Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia

(Reggio Calabria, Italy)

The Winged Victory of Samothrace
- aka the Nike of Samothrace
A marble Hellenistic sculpture of Nike (the Greek goddess of victory)

The Winged Nike
- Parian marble (244 cm) c.200–190 BC
- Louvre (Paris)

Since 1884, it has been prominently displayed at the Louvre and is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world. 羅浮宮三寶之一

Boy with Thorn
- aka Fedele (Fedelino) or Spinario
A Greco-Roman Hellenistic bronze sculpture of a boy withdrawing a thorn from the sole of his foot.

Boy with Thorn
- bronze (73 cm)
- Musei Capitolini (Rome)

There is a Roman marble version of this subject from the Medici collections in a corridor of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Farnese Cup
- aka Tazza Farnese
A carving bowl or cup in four-layered sardonyx agate. Similar in form to a Greek phiale or Roman patera, with no foot. It features relief carvings on both its exterior and interior surfaces.

Farnese Cup
- made in Hellenistic Egypt
- cameo hardstone (20 cm dia.) 2°C BC
- National Archaeological Museum (Naples)

The Pergamon Altar
A monumental construction built on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in Asia Minor.

The Pergamon Altar
- first half of the 2°C BC
- (35.64 m wide, 33.4 m deep; the front stairway 20 m wide)
- Berlin Pergamon Museum

The base is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and the Olympian gods.

West frieze (left side, at the north risalit)

Left to right: Nereus, Doris, a Giant, and Oceanus

The ocean gods are gathered together on the north risalit of the altar. On the inside wall (stairway) are to be found the couple Nereus and Doris as well as Oceanus, and a fragment supposed to be Tethys, all of whom are engaged in fighting Giants.

The Parthenon Marbles
- aka Elgin Marbles
A collection of Classical Greek marble sculptures, which were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens.