Sculpture

British Museum: Greek Art

The British Museum is host to a plethora of Greek art and artifacts. Highlights include the sculptures of…

The “Charioteer of Delphi” (Greek: Ἡνίοχος, meaning the rein-holder; often transliterated as Heniokhos or Iniohos“) is one of…

Kore (κόρη = maiden. Plural: κόραι, korai) refers to statues depicting female figures, always of a young age,…

Κούρος (Kouros: youth. Plural: Κούροι, Kouroi) sculptures were abundantly produced in Ancient Greece during the Archaic era (700-480…

The Kritios Boy (or Kritian Boy). Marble. 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in) tall. Believed to be the…

Moschoforos, or The Calf Bearer. Marble, 1.64 m tall, c. 560 BCE. Atributed to the sculptor Phaidimos. The…

The Parthenon frieze is a continuous 1 meter high, 160 meters long, and 6 centimeters deep band of…

Photographs of the Parthenon metopes from the Acropolis, and the British museums. The Parthenon metopes were visible on…

The Parthenon pediments were lavishly adorned with sculptures that filled their triangular shapes in both the east and…

The Siphnian treasury was dedicated at Delphi around 525 BCE by the inhabitants of Siphnos island which is…

The Athenian Treasury was a votive building in the form of a reduced scale temple, designed to hold…