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Delphi and Olympia
Delphi Charioteer
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the overall sculpture is a quadriga with 4 horses, charioteer and a groom.
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inscription: "Polyzalus dedicated me. ... Make him prosper, honoured Apollo"
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he dedicated this statue to commemorate his victory in the chariot race in the Pythian games, and to offer thanks to the god Apollo for his win
shows the inclusion of Magna Graecia in pan-hellenic sanctuaries, suggests that tyrants of Sicily wished to prove themselves
pythian games happened every 4 years, so this is dated to either 478 or 474BC
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style
characteristics of the Severe style, shows that this was taken up readily even by cultures outside mainland Greece
fixed stare, eyes under brow bone, pouty mouth, finely articulated folds of drapery
Athenian treasury, Delphi
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Pausanias tells us that this was built to commemorate victory at Marathon, September 490BC, along with a limestone pediment that would have held 10 bronze statues
However, the archaic style of the sculpture on the treasury has led many to date the building to the generation before Marathon, c. 510 BC
Metopes
6 on the east and west, 9 on the north and south
categorised into 4 broad categories: deeds of Herakles, deeds of Theseus, Herakles with cattle of Geryon, amazonomachy
Herakles was a pan-hellenic hero par excellence, and Theseus a local Athenian hero
by including them both very similarly, Theseus is elevated to Herakles' level, and vice versa
Athens can present themselves as Greek, but distinct and unique
architecture
all from imported parian marble, high quality
however, Paros had been sympathetic to the Mede
could theorise that Athens wanted to exploit the materials of Paros to reflect who won, but then this would have given money to Paros??
best not to read politically into it, they probably just wanted high quality marble
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Siphnian Treasury, Delphi
dated before 525BC, a terminus ante quem provided by Herodotus, as this is when the Siphnians were invaded by the Samians
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Naxian and Parian marble was used for the elaborate floral bands, and carved friezes and pediments respectively
Siphnian marble for its walls, which was of a particularly low quality - wanted piece of home in the treasury
friezes
Two sculptors worked on the friezes of the treasury – Master A on the wast and sauth sides and Master B on the beast and borth
the west side depicts the judgement of Paris, the south an abduction at a sacrifice, the east a scene from the Trojan cycle, and the north a Gigantomachy
the east frieze shows a group of Olympians like Hermes to the left, who have assembled to weigh the fates of the fighters to the right, such as Achilles
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bad interpretations
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he suggests that the image of Hermes with scale-pans is reminiscent of mercantile imagery, and perhaps reflects the economy of Siphnos
Siphnos mined their own metals in nearby quarries and then distributed the products amongst its people
he supplements this by referencing the north frieze, which includes Hephaistos as god of metallurgy, who is shown next to a small forge
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disagree - surely they would've chosen something else to depict this. trojan war evokes heroism, gigantomachy evokes power of the Olympians against disorder
Caryatids
Caryatids harness the beauty and modesty of korai, acted as an offering to the god also, they resemble votive korai
