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Aphrodite de Milos (Venus De Milo) - It was created between 130 and 100 BC. It is believed to be the work of Alexander of Antioch
Laocoon and His Sons - The statue is attributed by the Roman author Pliny the Elder to three sculptors from the island of Rhodes: Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydoros
Winged Victory of Samothrace - also called the Nike of Samothrace. It is a third century B.C. piece
Statue of Hermes - is created possibly by Pypsippos
Venus Braschi - This statue is the so-called Venus Braschi by Praxiteles, a type of the Knidian Aphrodite
Diadumenos - Diadumenos is the winner of a game of the olympics, still nude after the contest and lifting his arms to knot the diadem, a ribbon-band that identifies the winner and which in the bronze original of about 420 BCE would have been represented by a ribbon of bronze.The Diadumenos which means diadem-bearer is one of the most famous figural types of Polycitus that present strictly idealized representations of young men in a convincingly naturalistic manner.
Bronze Sculpture - Bronze Sculpture is thought to be either Poseidon or Zeus created about. 460 B.C.
The Charioteer of Delphi - dating from about 470 B.C. this bronze in the Early Classical style is one of the few Greek statues to retain its inlaid glass eyes.
The terracotta statue of Zeus and Ganymede was found in Olympia and believed to be executed around 470 BC. The terracotta is painted.
Greek Sculptors generally used marble and bronze. The oldest examples of Greek art are, however, in terracotta.
Greek Sculptures: By Anna, Amaya, and Eli
What Made Greek Sculptures Greek: Greek sculpture was focused on the human body. The above examples were manifestations that Greek sculptors have perfected human anatomy. Every detail of the body curvature was very well presented.The bodies and clothes were presented with lots of drapery and other flow. The art of the Classical Greek style is characterized by a joyous freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and it celebrates mankind as an independent entity.
