This Statue Of A Greek Woman Is Representative Of The Majority Of

This Statue Of A Greek Woman Is Representative Of The Majority Of Venus de milo. The parthenon sculptures.

Greek Woman Statue Face Contents. 1 famous female greek statues. 1.1 the phrasikleia kore (c. 550 bc) by aristion of paros. 1.2 the peplos kore (c. 530 bc) by unknown. 1.3 athena parthenos (c. 5th century) by phidias. 1.4 diana of gabii (c. 4th century bc) by praxiteles. 1.5 aphrodite of knidos (c. 4th century bc) by praxiteles. The korai of the acropolis of athens are a group of female statues ( korai ), discovered in the perserschutt of the acropolis of athens in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, all of the same typology and clear votive function. through them it is possible to trace the stylistic evolution of archaic attic sculpture for almost a century. Destroyed sometime in the first millennia. the athena parthenos was one of the largest and most extravagant female greek statues. it was more than 11 meters tall and made from ivory and gold. no expense was spared, as it was commissioned as a gift from the people of athens to athena herself. This greek woman statue is one of the most famous greek statues of the archaic period. based on traces found on the marble, it was originally painted in bright colors and was sculpted from white marble. the 118 cm high statue was found in an excavation site in 1886 near the athenian acropolis, in three separate pieces.