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The ''Piraeus Apollo'' is an archaic-style bronze dating from the 6th century BC, possibly from the years 530–520 BC, exhibited now at the
The ''Piraeus Apollo'' is a product of the
Piraeus Apollo (Sculpture)
Tufts University 6th-century BC Greek sculptures Archaic Greek sculptures Bronze sculptures in Greece Sculptures of Apollo Ancient Greek bronze statues of the classical period Ancient Athens Statues in Greece Sculptures of men in Greece Sculptures in Piraeus Archaeological Museum of Piraeus Archaeological discoveries in Greece 1959 archaeological discoveries Nude sculptures Cult images
Archaeological Museum of Piraeus
The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus contains mainly sculptures, discovered in Piraeus and in the area of the Attic coast from Bronze Age to Roman times,
Collections
The museum's displayed objects are divided in sections:Ministry of Culture (A ...
, Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
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Overview
The ''Piraeus Apollo'' is a product of the late archaic period
In the classification of the archaeological cultures of North America, the Archaic period in North America, taken to last from around 8000 to 1000 BC in the sequence of North American pre-Columbian cultural stages, is a period defined by the ''a ...
(530–480 BC), and is among the few bronzes from that time period to have survived. It is also thought to be a very rare survival of a piece that may have been actually used as the cult image in a Greek temple
Greek temples ( grc, ναός, naós, dwelling, semantically distinct from Latin , "temple") were structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries in ancient Greek religion. The temple interiors did not serve as meeting places, s ...
. In the last few decades of the 6th century, the philosophical mystic currents were to have a considerable influence on late archaic art. The logical move from Ionian natural philosophy to metaphysics was the conscious decision of post-archaic mind. In the post-archaic period, the illusive imaginative reality was displaced by harmony and symmetry.
The method of interaction and analogy was perfected by Polykleitos
Polykleitos ( grc, Πολύκλειτος) was an ancient Greek sculptor in bronze of the 5th century BCE. Alongside the Athenian sculptors Pheidias, Myron and Praxiteles, he is considered one of the most important sculptors of classical an ...
in the classical period. He used the principle of continuity and in his famous sculptures each member transmitted to the next a part of his existence; therefore there was a harmonious analogy with the rest of the parts. It seems that his canon (: norm, standard) was a standardization which in his opinion led to the "ideal form".Nigel Spivey (1997).''Greek Art''. Phaidon Press Ltd. pp.196-198 The discovery of the perfect mathematical relation was a continuous attempt of the Greek architects.
See also
*Artistic canons of body proportions
An artistic canon of body proportions (or aesthetic canon of proportion), in the sphere of visual arts, is a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art. The word ''canon'' () was first us ...
References
{{ReflistFurther reading
* Dafas, K. A., 2019. ''Greek Large-Scale Bronze Statuary: The Late Archaic and Classical Periods'', Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Monograph, BICS Supplement 138 (London), pp. 97–116, pls 82–126.External links
Piraeus Apollo (Sculpture)
Tufts University 6th-century BC Greek sculptures Archaic Greek sculptures Bronze sculptures in Greece Sculptures of Apollo Ancient Greek bronze statues of the classical period Ancient Athens Statues in Greece Sculptures of men in Greece Sculptures in Piraeus Archaeological Museum of Piraeus Archaeological discoveries in Greece 1959 archaeological discoveries Nude sculptures Cult images