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| Name: |
Nike
Adjusting Her Sanda |
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| Description: |
Balustrade
of the Nike Bastion, Athens, Akropolis. Athens, Akropolis Museum.
H. 1.01m. Headless winged Nike bends to tie her sandal, lifting her
right leg as she reaches down with her right hand. Her body is visible
through the draperies, which accentuate her figure in sinuous folds.
The pose is awkward, but the realisation of the scheme is executed
in such magnificent style that it does not signify. |
| Date: |
c. 410-407
B.C. |
| Discussion: |
The
Nike bastion temple was decorated with two seated Athena figures,
then several winged Nikes engaged in various pursuits. Robertson points
to the designer being Agorakritos (p. 125), executor of the cult statue
of Nemesis at Rhamnous. See Robertson 1981: fig. 169, p. 125; Stewart
1990: 166-7; 420 (ill.). |
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