Cultural Centre
Marble Statues
The following eplica marble statues are on display in their true beauty at the Hellenic Club of Canberra, to view them online roll over the images below for details.
The original items can be found in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Aphrodite of Melos
Height: 2.15 m
Marble statue of the Goddess of love, and desire. Her graceful body symbolizes an ideal of beauty. Also known as Venus (Aphrodite in Latin) de Milo.
In 1820 a peasant named George found this exquisite statue in an underground cavern on the island of Melos, Cyclades.
The Turkish officials (Greece was under Turkish occupation at the time) took possession of it and later it was transferred to France as a legitimately purchased artefact!
It is not known who the sculptor was. Archaeologists believe that it was made in the 2nd half of the 2nd century BC.
Certified Museum Copy
The original statue the way it was discovered is in the Louvre Museum, Paris. |
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Statue of a woman
Height 1.58m
Marble statue of a woman. Cycladic Art.
It is the largest known example of its kind.
It was made on the island of Amorgos, Cyclades between 2800 and 2300 BC
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Original in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. |
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Statue Of A Horse
Height: 1.19 m
The fore part of a superb marble statue of a horse. A votive offering to the Acropolis of Athens.
The artist conveys with ingenuity and fondness the pride and nobility of the animal that was so admired by the Greeks.
An excellent example of Attic work. It was made circa
490-480 BC.
Certified Museum Copy
Original in the Museum of the Acropolis of Athens. |
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Hermes of Praxiteles
Height: 2.34 m
Marble statue of Hermes the Messenger God.
Hermes holding child-god Dionysus reveals his youthful body in all its nudity.
It was found in the cella of the temple of Hera at Olympia. This famous statue is attributed to Praxiteles.
Attic work of the second half of the 4th century BC.
Certified Museum Copy
Original in the Museum of Olympia. |
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The “Kore with Peplos”
Height: 1.31 m
Marble statue of a kore (young maiden). The term applied to one of the principal forms of archaic Greek free standing sculpture of a clothed girl or young woman. Like her nude male counterpart the ‘kouros’, the kore has an enigmatic smile – a sign of grace, beauty, life or blessed transcendence.
Work of Attic style.
It was found west of Erechtheion on the Acropolis of Athens. It was made circa 530 BC.
Certified Museum Copy
Original in the Archaeological Museum of Acropolis. |
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Statue of a Sphinx
Dimensions: 0.72 x 0.59m
A marble statue of a sphinx found in Spata, Attica.
In ancient Greek mythology the Sphinx was depicted as a single unique creature with the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle and the head and the breast of a human female.
The Sphinx was considered a demon of death, devouring, destruction and bad luck.
The current meaning of the word “sphinx” is an enigmatic or mysterious person.
It was made circa 570 BC
Certified Museum Copy
Original in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
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Statue of a Kore
Height: 1.29 m
Marble statue of kore (‘young maiden’).
Work of Attic Art. The lavish drapery remained an inexhaustible source of inspiration and reflects the nature and the interior world of womanhood.
From the Acropolis of Athens. It was made circa 490 BC.
Certified Museum Copy
Original in the Archaeological Museum of Acropolis of Athens. |
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