AR_H_A 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Contrapposto, Riace, Pediment
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Akragas (modern sicily) temple of olympian zeus, 480-406. No axial door like a typical temple, doors in corners instead. Most of the doric column isnt free standing,, ionic bases. Interest in different ages and states of mind. Interest in the here and now as opposed to eternal patterns. Victory dedication by sicilian tyrant polyzalos of gela. A moment of victory, we"re supposed to imagine the victory lap, shows humility before gods. Statue of a victor; motya, sicily; c. 450 bce. The head is quite severe so we know what era is from. People think it might be a charioteer, or a musician, dancer, priest of melqart, actor, tyrant. Zeus from the sea off cape artemisium, c. 470. About to hurl a thunderbolt and so it seems to need a lot of space. The whole thing is not all that realistic, even though it"s very naturalistic.