1. Zeus/Poseidon of Artemisium Drew Layton

2. Key Facts  460-450 BC  Bronze  2.09 M  Classical period  Kalamis? (470-440 BC)

3. Where was it found?  Found in the sea off Cape Artemisium  In a Roman shipwreck being shipped to Rome?  Discovered in 1926  Retrieved in 1928  Diver died in excavation so exploration never resumed

4. Bronze  Found in the sea so did not get destroy but preserved  This allowed for a lot more freedom for the pose  It is better than marble because it allowed for the arms to be raised

5. More on bronze  What is better?  Hair  Ears  Eyes  Smile  Facial expression  Pose

8. Which god?

9. Which God?  Thunderbolt of trident?  Lots of historians think Zeus  Without the attribute we can not tell  However is clear that it is meant to be a God

11. What is not good?  The torso is not affected by the positioning of the arms  Like The kritios boy  Problems with the arms  No atrribute so not sure what good

13. What is good?  Clear sense of the artist taking notice of some affects of movement  Right foot raised shows movement  Advance in detail from Kourus to Zeus/Poseidon of Artemisium  Muscle tone  Can be viewed from all angles

14. What Woodford says  “unexpected problems sometimes arise as by- products of new and positive achievements”  “A novel sense of movement has been brilliantly captured in a single free-standing statue”  “The artist has succeeded in producing a vivid and convincing figure through clearly varying the position of the limbs-contrasting straight arm with bent”

15. Test 1.Where was it found? 2.When was it made? 3.What is a problem with the anatomy? 4.Which God? Why?

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