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Winged Victory
The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'', or the ''Nike of Samothrace'', is a votive monument originally found on the island of Samothrace, north of the Aegean Sea. It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era, dating from the beginning of the 2nd century BC. It is composed of a statue representing the goddess Niké (Victory), whose head and arms are missing, and its base in the shape of a ship's bow. The total height of the monument is 5.57 meters including the socle; the statue alone measures 2.75 meters. The sculpture is one of a small number of major Hellenistic statues surviving in the original, rather than Roman copies. ''Winged Victory'' has been exhibited at the Louvre Museum in Paris, at the top of the main staircase, since 1884. Discovery and restorations In the 19th century In 1863, Charles Champoiseau (1830–1909), acting in charge of the Consulate of France in Adrianopolis (now Edirne in Turkey), undertook from March 6 to May 7 the exploration o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoire De Samothrace - Musee Du Louvre - 20190812
Victoire (French, 'victory') or Victoires may refer to: People * Victoire of France (1733–1799), daughter of King Louis XV of France * Victoire Babois (1760–1839), French poet and writer of elegies * Victoire Conroy (1819–1866), a disliked childhood companion of the future Queen Victoria * Victoire Doutreleau (born 1934), French fashion model * Victoire Du Bois (born 1988/89), French actress * Victoire de Rohan (1743–1807), Princess of Guéméné, French noblewoman and governess of the children of King Louis XVI of France * Victoire Ferrari (1785–1823), French pianist and singing teacher *Victoire Jasmin (born 1955), French politician * Victoire Jean-Baptiste (1861–1923), Haitian politician de facto as mistress of President Florvil Hyppolite * Victoire Léodile Béra (1824–1900), French novelist, journalist and feminist * Victoire Rasoamanarivo (1848–1894), a woman from Madagascar who devoted her life to the poor and the sick, beatified in 1989 * Victoire Thiviso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edirne
Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1369 to 1453, before Constantinople became its capital. The city is a commercial centre for woven textiles, silks, carpets and agricultural products and has a growing tourism industry. In 2019 its estimated population was 185,408. Edirne has an attractive location on the rivers Meriç and Tunca and has managed to withstand some of the unattractive development that mars the outskirts of many Turkish cities. The town is famous in Turkey for its liver. ''Ciğer tava'' (breaded and deep-fried liver) is often served with a side of cacık, a dish of diluted strained yogurt with chopped cucumber. Names and etymology The city was founded and named after the Roman emperor Hadr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiton (garment)
A chiton (Greek: χιτών, ''khitōn'') is a form of tunic that fastens at the shoulder, worn by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome. There are two forms of chiton. One is the Doric chiton and the later Ionic chiton. According to Herodotus, popular legend was that Athenian women began to wear the chiton as opposed to the peplos after several women stabbed a messenger to death with the bronze pins characteristic of the peplos. Etymology The word ''chiton'' is derived from a Central Semitic language *''kittan'' (e.g. Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת ''kuttṓnĕṯ''), ultimately from a word for flax. Different forms and wearing styles A shorter version of the chiton was called the chitoniskos. Doric chiton The Doric chiton is a single rectangle of woolen or linen fabric. It can be worn plain or with an overfold called an ''apoptygma'', which is more common to women. It can be draped and fastened at the shoulder by pins (Greek: peronai; Latin: fibulae) or sewing, or by butto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann
Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960) was a German-born American art historian, archaeologist, and professor. He was known for archaeology work in Samothrace, Greece and the related publications. He was a professor at New York University Institute of Fine Arts from 1935, until his death in 1950. Lehmann was the founder and director of the Archaeological Research Fund at New York University Early life and education Lehmann was born September 27, 1894 in Rostock, Germany, in a Lutheran household. He was the son of artist Henriette "Henni" Lehmann (1862–1937) and lawyer Karl Lehmann (1858–1918), his sister was Etruscan scholar Eva Fiesel. His family was of Jewish ancestry. Lehmann studied in Tübingen, Göttingen, and Munich. During World War I from 1917–1918, he served as a translator with the Turkish naval command. In 1922, he received his PhD from University of Berlin. His 1923 thesis was titled, ''Die antiken Hafenanlagen des Mittelmeeres: Beiträge zur Geschichte de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Valençay
Château de Valençay is a château in the commune of Valençay, in the Indre department of France. It was a residence of the d'Estampes and Talleyrand-Périgord families. Although it is part of the province of Berry, its architecture invites comparison with the Renaissance châteaux of the Loire Valley, notably the Château de Chambord. The manor was praised as "one of the most beautiful on earth" by George Sand, who also noted that "no king has owned a more picturesque park". History Château de Valençay is located at the edge of a plateau overlooking the Nahon River. In ancient times, the site of the château was home to a Gallo-Roman villa called ''Valencia us'', the domain of Valans. By the 10th or 11th century, a "heavy and massive tower" had been built, and between 1026 and 1047 a donation charter deeded Valençay to its first recorded lord, Bertrand. In 1220, the then lord of Valençay, Gauthier, was reported to have built a feudal castle or house on the site, but it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maquette De Benndorf En 1880
A ''maquette'' (French word for scale model, sometimes referred to by the Italian names ''plastico'' or ''modello'') is a scale model or rough draft of an unfinished sculpture. An equivalent term is ''bozzetto'', from the Italian word for "sketch". Sculpture A maquette is used to visualize and test forms and ideas without incurring the expense and effort of producing a full-scale piece. It is the analogue of the painter's cartoon, ''modello'', oil sketch, or drawn sketch. For commissioned works, especially monumental public sculptures, a maquette may be used to show the client how the finished work will relate to its proposed site. The term may also refer to a prototype for a video game, film, or other media. ''Modello'', unlike the other terms, is also used for sketches for two-dimensional works such as paintings. Like oil sketches, these models by highly regarded artists can become as desirable as their completed works, as they show the process of developing an idea. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escalier Daru
The Escalier Daru (Daru Staircase), also referred to as Escalier de la Victoire de Samothrace, is one of the largest and most iconic interior spaces of the Louvre Palace in Paris, and of the Louvre Museum within it. Named after Pierre, Count Daru, a minister of Napoleon, and initially designed in the 1850s by Hector Lefuel as part of Napoleon III's Louvre expansion, it received its current Stripped Classicism appearance in the early 1930s. Since 1883, its focal point has been the ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'', one of the highlights of the Louvre's collections. Background The Escalier Daru is the last in a series of increasingly monumental staircases built to serve this area of the Louvre building. In 1722, as the old Queen Mother's apartment on the ground floor of the Petite Galerie was being prepared to be the residence of Mariana Victoria of Spain as promised wife of Louis XV, a staircase was built to lead directly into the Salon Carré on the upper level, dubbed after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Ravaisson-Mollien
Jean-Gaspard-Félix Laché Ravaisson-Mollien (; 23 October 1813 – 18 May 1900) was a French philosopher, 'perhaps France's most influential philosopher in the second half of the nineteenth century'."Sinclair (2019), p. 1 He was originally and remains more commonly known as Félix Ravaisson."Sinclair (2016), p. 1 His 'seminal' 'key' work was ''De l’habitude'' (1838), translated in English as ''Of Habit''."Carlisle (2010), p. 125"Sinclair (2016), p. 1"Grosz (2013), p. 219 Ravaisson's philosophy is in the tradition of French Spiritualism, which was initiated by Pierre Maine de Biran (1766 – 1824) with the essay "The Influence of Habit on the Faculty of Thinking" (1802). However, Ravaisson developed his doctrine as what he called ‘spiritualist realism’ and ‘spiritualist positivism’, and - according to Ravaisson scholar Mark Sinclair - can be thought of as founding 'the school of contingency'."Sinclair (2019), pp. 9-10 His most well known and influential successor w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demetrius I Of Macedon
Demetrius I (; grc, Δημήτριος; 337–283 BC), also called Poliorcetes (; el, Πολιορκητής, "The Besieger"), was a Macedonian nobleman, military leader, and king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty and was its first member to rule Macedonia. He was the son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice. Biography Early career Demetrius served with his father, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, during the Second War of the Diadochi. He participated in the Battle of Paraitakene where he commanded the cavalry on the right flank. Despite the Antigonid left flank, commanded by Peithon, being routed, and the center, commanded by Antigonus, being dealt heavy losses at the hands of the famous Silver Shields, Demetrius was victorious on the right, and his success there ultimately prevented the battle from being a complete loss. Demetrius was again present at the conclusive Battle of Gabiene. Directly after the battle, while Antigonus held the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Conze
Alexander Christian Leopold Conze (10 December 1831 – 19 July 1914) was a German archaeologist, who specialized in ancient Greek art. He was a native of Hanover, and studied at the universities of University of Göttingen, Göttingen and University of Berlin, Berlin. In 1855 he obtained his doctorate at Berlin as a student of Eduard Gerhard. In 1863 he became an associate professor at the University of Halle,Biography of Alexander Conze In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, , S. 348 and from 1869 to 1877, he served as a professor of archaeology at the University of Vienna. In the 1870s, he performed two archaeological explorations at Samothrace (1873 and 1875). In 1876, with Otto Hirschfeld, he organized the Archaeologic-Epigraphic Seminar at the university. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
