Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In the context of Winged Victory of Samothrace, explain the In the 20th century and the Discovery and restorations.

The presentation of the Victory was modified in 1934 as part of a general redevelopment of the Daru museum and staircase, whose steps were widened and redecorated. The monument was staged to constitute the crowning of the staircase: it was advanced on the landing to be more visible from the bottom of the steps, and was put on a modern 45 cm-high block of stone, supposed to evoke a combat bridge at the bow of the ship. This presentation remained unchanged until 2013.At the declaration of the Second World War in September 1939, the Victory statue was moved along with other artefacts to the Château de Valençay (Indre) until the Liberation, and was replaced at the top of the stairs without damage in July 1945.American excavators from New York University, under the direction of Karl Lehmann, resumed exploration of the sanctuary of the Great Gods in Samothrace in 1938. In July 1950, they associated Louvre curator Jean Charbonneaux with their work, who discovered the palm of the statue's right hand in the Victory site. Two fingers preserved at the Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna since the Austrian excavations of 1875 were reattached to the palm. The palm and fingers were then deposited in the Louvre Museum, and displayed with the statue in 1954.Two pieces of grey marble that were used to moor fishing boats on the beach below the sanctuary were retrieved and reassembled at the museum in 1952. These were studied in 1996 by Ira Mark and Marianne Hamiaux, who concluded that these pieces, jointed, constitute the block of the base abandoned by Champoiseau in 1879.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Explain the In the 20th century about the Discovery and restorations of this artwork, Winged Victory of Samothrace.

The presentation of the Victory was modified in 1934 as part of a general redevelopment of the Daru museum and staircase, whose steps were widened and redecorated. The monument was staged to constitute the crowning of the staircase: it was advanced on the landing to be more visible from the bottom of the steps, and was put on a modern 45 cm-high block of stone, supposed to evoke a combat bridge at the bow of the ship. This presentation remained unchanged until 2013.At the declaration of the Second World War in September 1939, the Victory statue was moved along with other artefacts to the Château de Valençay (Indre) until the Liberation, and was replaced at the top of the stairs without damage in July 1945.American excavators from New York University, under the direction of Karl Lehmann, resumed exploration of the sanctuary of the Great Gods in Samothrace in 1938. In July 1950, they associated Louvre curator Jean Charbonneaux with their work, who discovered the palm of the statue's right hand in the Victory site. Two fingers preserved at the Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna since the Austrian excavations of 1875 were reattached to the palm. The palm and fingers were then deposited in the Louvre Museum, and displayed with the statue in 1954.Two pieces of grey marble that were used to moor fishing boats on the beach below the sanctuary were retrieved and reassembled at the museum in 1952. These were studied in 1996 by Ira Mark and Marianne Hamiaux, who concluded that these pieces, jointed, constitute the block of the base abandoned by Champoiseau in 1879.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In Winged Victory of Samothrace, how is the In the 20th century of the Discovery and restorations explained?

The presentation of the Victory was modified in 1934 as part of a general redevelopment of the Daru museum and staircase, whose steps were widened and redecorated. The monument was staged to constitute the crowning of the staircase: it was advanced on the landing to be more visible from the bottom of the steps, and was put on a modern 45 cm-high block of stone, supposed to evoke a combat bridge at the bow of the ship. This presentation remained unchanged until 2013.At the declaration of the Second World War in September 1939, the Victory statue was moved along with other artefacts to the Château de Valençay (Indre) until the Liberation, and was replaced at the top of the stairs without damage in July 1945.American excavators from New York University, under the direction of Karl Lehmann, resumed exploration of the sanctuary of the Great Gods in Samothrace in 1938. In July 1950, they associated Louvre curator Jean Charbonneaux with their work, who discovered the palm of the statue's right hand in the Victory site. Two fingers preserved at the Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna since the Austrian excavations of 1875 were reattached to the palm. The palm and fingers were then deposited in the Louvre Museum, and displayed with the statue in 1954.Two pieces of grey marble that were used to moor fishing boats on the beach below the sanctuary were retrieved and reassembled at the museum in 1952. These were studied in 1996 by Ira Mark and Marianne Hamiaux, who concluded that these pieces, jointed, constitute the block of the base abandoned by Champoiseau in 1879.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Describe the characteristics of the In the 20th century in Winged Victory of Samothrace's Discovery and restorations.

The presentation of the Victory was modified in 1934 as part of a general redevelopment of the Daru museum and staircase, whose steps were widened and redecorated. The monument was staged to constitute the crowning of the staircase: it was advanced on the landing to be more visible from the bottom of the steps, and was put on a modern 45 cm-high block of stone, supposed to evoke a combat bridge at the bow of the ship. This presentation remained unchanged until 2013.At the declaration of the Second World War in September 1939, the Victory statue was moved along with other artefacts to the Château de Valençay (Indre) until the Liberation, and was replaced at the top of the stairs without damage in July 1945.American excavators from New York University, under the direction of Karl Lehmann, resumed exploration of the sanctuary of the Great Gods in Samothrace in 1938. In July 1950, they associated Louvre curator Jean Charbonneaux with their work, who discovered the palm of the statue's right hand in the Victory site. Two fingers preserved at the Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna since the Austrian excavations of 1875 were reattached to the palm. The palm and fingers were then deposited in the Louvre Museum, and displayed with the statue in 1954.Two pieces of grey marble that were used to moor fishing boats on the beach below the sanctuary were retrieved and reassembled at the museum in 1952. These were studied in 1996 by Ira Mark and Marianne Hamiaux, who concluded that these pieces, jointed, constitute the block of the base abandoned by Champoiseau in 1879.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In the context of Winged Victory of Samothrace, explain the In the 21st century and the Discovery and restorations.

An American team led by James R. McCredie digitized the entire sanctuary to allow its 3D reconstruction between 2008 and 2014. B. D. Wescoat led the resumption of the study of the Victory enclosure and the small basic fragments preserved in reserve.In Paris, the Louvre Museum restored the entire monument with two objectives: to clean all the surfaces and improve the general presentation. The statue came down from its base to undergo scientific examination (UV, infrared, x-rays, microspectrography, marble analysis): traces of blue paint are detected on the wings and on a strip at the bottom of the mantle. The blocks of the base were disassembled one by one to be drawn and studied. The 19th-century restoration of the statue is preserved with a few details (thinning of the neck and attachment of the left arm), fragments preserved in reserve at the Louvre are added (feather at the top of the left wing, a fold at the back of the chitôn), the metal vice behind the left leg is removed. Castings of small joint fragments preserved in Samothrace are integrated into the base. A cast of the large ship block left in Samothrace was replaced by a metal base on a cylinder ensuring the proper balance of the statue. Once in place on the base, the colour contrast of the marbles of the two elements becomes obvious again. The whole is reassembled on a modern base, a little removed on the landing to facilitate the movement of visitors.The Greek government considers the Winged Victory, like the Elgin Marbles, illegally plundered and wants it repatriated to Greece. "If the French and the Louvre have a problem, we are ready to preserve and accentuate the Victory of Samothrace, if they return it to us", Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Akis Gerondopoulos said in 2013.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Explain the In the 21st century about the Discovery and restorations of this artwork, Winged Victory of Samothrace.

An American team led by James R. McCredie digitized the entire sanctuary to allow its 3D reconstruction between 2008 and 2014. B. D. Wescoat led the resumption of the study of the Victory enclosure and the small basic fragments preserved in reserve.In Paris, the Louvre Museum restored the entire monument with two objectives: to clean all the surfaces and improve the general presentation. The statue came down from its base to undergo scientific examination (UV, infrared, x-rays, microspectrography, marble analysis): traces of blue paint are detected on the wings and on a strip at the bottom of the mantle. The blocks of the base were disassembled one by one to be drawn and studied. The 19th-century restoration of the statue is preserved with a few details (thinning of the neck and attachment of the left arm), fragments preserved in reserve at the Louvre are added (feather at the top of the left wing, a fold at the back of the chitôn), the metal vice behind the left leg is removed. Castings of small joint fragments preserved in Samothrace are integrated into the base. A cast of the large ship block left in Samothrace was replaced by a metal base on a cylinder ensuring the proper balance of the statue. Once in place on the base, the colour contrast of the marbles of the two elements becomes obvious again. The whole is reassembled on a modern base, a little removed on the landing to facilitate the movement of visitors.The Greek government considers the Winged Victory, like the Elgin Marbles, illegally plundered and wants it repatriated to Greece. "If the French and the Louvre have a problem, we are ready to preserve and accentuate the Victory of Samothrace, if they return it to us", Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Akis Gerondopoulos said in 2013.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In Winged Victory of Samothrace, how is the In the 21st century of the Discovery and restorations explained?

An American team led by James R. McCredie digitized the entire sanctuary to allow its 3D reconstruction between 2008 and 2014. B. D. Wescoat led the resumption of the study of the Victory enclosure and the small basic fragments preserved in reserve.In Paris, the Louvre Museum restored the entire monument with two objectives: to clean all the surfaces and improve the general presentation. The statue came down from its base to undergo scientific examination (UV, infrared, x-rays, microspectrography, marble analysis): traces of blue paint are detected on the wings and on a strip at the bottom of the mantle. The blocks of the base were disassembled one by one to be drawn and studied. The 19th-century restoration of the statue is preserved with a few details (thinning of the neck and attachment of the left arm), fragments preserved in reserve at the Louvre are added (feather at the top of the left wing, a fold at the back of the chitôn), the metal vice behind the left leg is removed. Castings of small joint fragments preserved in Samothrace are integrated into the base. A cast of the large ship block left in Samothrace was replaced by a metal base on a cylinder ensuring the proper balance of the statue. Once in place on the base, the colour contrast of the marbles of the two elements becomes obvious again. The whole is reassembled on a modern base, a little removed on the landing to facilitate the movement of visitors.The Greek government considers the Winged Victory, like the Elgin Marbles, illegally plundered and wants it repatriated to Greece. "If the French and the Louvre have a problem, we are ready to preserve and accentuate the Victory of Samothrace, if they return it to us", Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Akis Gerondopoulos said in 2013.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Describe the characteristics of the In the 21st century in Winged Victory of Samothrace's Discovery and restorations.

An American team led by James R. McCredie digitized the entire sanctuary to allow its 3D reconstruction between 2008 and 2014. B. D. Wescoat led the resumption of the study of the Victory enclosure and the small basic fragments preserved in reserve.In Paris, the Louvre Museum restored the entire monument with two objectives: to clean all the surfaces and improve the general presentation. The statue came down from its base to undergo scientific examination (UV, infrared, x-rays, microspectrography, marble analysis): traces of blue paint are detected on the wings and on a strip at the bottom of the mantle. The blocks of the base were disassembled one by one to be drawn and studied. The 19th-century restoration of the statue is preserved with a few details (thinning of the neck and attachment of the left arm), fragments preserved in reserve at the Louvre are added (feather at the top of the left wing, a fold at the back of the chitôn), the metal vice behind the left leg is removed. Castings of small joint fragments preserved in Samothrace are integrated into the base. A cast of the large ship block left in Samothrace was replaced by a metal base on a cylinder ensuring the proper balance of the statue. Once in place on the base, the colour contrast of the marbles of the two elements becomes obvious again. The whole is reassembled on a modern base, a little removed on the landing to facilitate the movement of visitors.The Greek government considers the Winged Victory, like the Elgin Marbles, illegally plundered and wants it repatriated to Greece. "If the French and the Louvre have a problem, we are ready to preserve and accentuate the Victory of Samothrace, if they return it to us", Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Akis Gerondopoulos said in 2013.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In the context of Winged Victory of Samothrace, explain the The statue and the Description.

The statue, in white Parian marble, depicts a winged woman, the goddess of Victory (Niké), alighting on the bow of a warship.The Nike is dressed in a long tunic (χιτών, chitôn) in a very fine fabric, with a folded flap and belted under the chest. It was attached to the shoulders by two thin straps (the restoration is not accurate). The lower body is partially covered by a thick mantle (ἱμάτιον, himation) rolled up at the waist and untied when uncovering the entire left leg; one end slides between the legs to the ground, and the other, much shorter, flies freely in the back. The mantle is falling, and only the force of the wind holds it on her right leg. The sculptor has multiplied the effects of draperies, between places where the fabric is plated against the body by revealing its shapes, especially on the belly, and those where it accumulates in folds deeply hollowed out casting a strong shadow, as between the legs. This extreme virtuosity concerns the left side and front of the statue. On the right side, the layout of the drapery is reduced to the main lines of the clothes, in a much less elaborate work.The goddess advances, leaning on her right leg. The two feet that were bare have not been found. The right touched the ground, the heel still slightly raised; the left foot, the leg strongly stretched back, was still carried in the air. The goddess is not walking, she is finishing her flight, her large wings still spread out backwards. The arms were also not found, but the right shoulder raised indicates that the right arm was raised to the side. With her elbow bent, the goddess made  a victorious gesture of salvation with her hand: this hand with outstretched fingers held nothing (neither trumpet nor crown). There is no clue to reconstructing the position of the left arm, probably lowered, very slightly bent; the goddess may have held a stylis (a naval standard) on this side, a kind of mast taken as a trophy on the enemy ship, as seen on coins. The statue is designed to be seen three quarters left (right for the spectator), from where the lines of the composition are very clear: a vertical from the neck to the right foot, and an oblique starting from the neck diagonally along the left leg. "The whole body is inscribed in a rectangular triangle, a simple but very solid geometric figure: it was necessary to support both the fulfilled shapes of the goddess, the accumulation of draperies, and the energy of movement". Most recently the Alula feather was restored to the left wing in a flared position, as it would be for a bird landing.The art historian H. W. Janson has pointed out that unlike earlier Greek or Near Eastern sculptures, the Nike creates a deliberate relationship to the imaginary space around the goddess. The wind that has carried her and which she is fighting off, straining to keep steady – as mentioned the original mounting had her standing on a ship's prow, just having landed – is the invisible complement of the figure and the viewer is made to imagine it. At the same time, this expanded space heightens the symbolic force of the work; the wind and the sea are suggested as metaphors of struggle, destiny and divine help or grace. This kind of interplay between a statue and the space conjured up would become a common device in baroque and romantic art, about two thousand years later. It is present in Michelangelo's sculpture of David: David's gaze and pose show where he is seeing his adversary Goliath and his awareness of the moment – but it is rare in ancient art.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Explain the The statue about the Description of this artwork, Winged Victory of Samothrace.

The statue, in white Parian marble, depicts a winged woman, the goddess of Victory (Niké), alighting on the bow of a warship.The Nike is dressed in a long tunic (χιτών, chitôn) in a very fine fabric, with a folded flap and belted under the chest. It was attached to the shoulders by two thin straps (the restoration is not accurate). The lower body is partially covered by a thick mantle (ἱμάτιον, himation) rolled up at the waist and untied when uncovering the entire left leg; one end slides between the legs to the ground, and the other, much shorter, flies freely in the back. The mantle is falling, and only the force of the wind holds it on her right leg. The sculptor has multiplied the effects of draperies, between places where the fabric is plated against the body by revealing its shapes, especially on the belly, and those where it accumulates in folds deeply hollowed out casting a strong shadow, as between the legs. This extreme virtuosity concerns the left side and front of the statue. On the right side, the layout of the drapery is reduced to the main lines of the clothes, in a much less elaborate work.The goddess advances, leaning on her right leg. The two feet that were bare have not been found. The right touched the ground, the heel still slightly raised; the left foot, the leg strongly stretched back, was still carried in the air. The goddess is not walking, she is finishing her flight, her large wings still spread out backwards. The arms were also not found, but the right shoulder raised indicates that the right arm was raised to the side. With her elbow bent, the goddess made  a victorious gesture of salvation with her hand: this hand with outstretched fingers held nothing (neither trumpet nor crown). There is no clue to reconstructing the position of the left arm, probably lowered, very slightly bent; the goddess may have held a stylis (a naval standard) on this side, a kind of mast taken as a trophy on the enemy ship, as seen on coins. The statue is designed to be seen three quarters left (right for the spectator), from where the lines of the composition are very clear: a vertical from the neck to the right foot, and an oblique starting from the neck diagonally along the left leg. "The whole body is inscribed in a rectangular triangle, a simple but very solid geometric figure: it was necessary to support both the fulfilled shapes of the goddess, the accumulation of draperies, and the energy of movement". Most recently the Alula feather was restored to the left wing in a flared position, as it would be for a bird landing.The art historian H. W. Janson has pointed out that unlike earlier Greek or Near Eastern sculptures, the Nike creates a deliberate relationship to the imaginary space around the goddess. The wind that has carried her and which she is fighting off, straining to keep steady – as mentioned the original mounting had her standing on a ship's prow, just having landed – is the invisible complement of the figure and the viewer is made to imagine it. At the same time, this expanded space heightens the symbolic force of the work; the wind and the sea are suggested as metaphors of struggle, destiny and divine help or grace. This kind of interplay between a statue and the space conjured up would become a common device in baroque and romantic art, about two thousand years later. It is present in Michelangelo's sculpture of David: David's gaze and pose show where he is seeing his adversary Goliath and his awareness of the moment – but it is rare in ancient art.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In Winged Victory of Samothrace, how is the The statue of the Description explained?

The statue, in white Parian marble, depicts a winged woman, the goddess of Victory (Niké), alighting on the bow of a warship.The Nike is dressed in a long tunic (χιτών, chitôn) in a very fine fabric, with a folded flap and belted under the chest. It was attached to the shoulders by two thin straps (the restoration is not accurate). The lower body is partially covered by a thick mantle (ἱμάτιον, himation) rolled up at the waist and untied when uncovering the entire left leg; one end slides between the legs to the ground, and the other, much shorter, flies freely in the back. The mantle is falling, and only the force of the wind holds it on her right leg. The sculptor has multiplied the effects of draperies, between places where the fabric is plated against the body by revealing its shapes, especially on the belly, and those where it accumulates in folds deeply hollowed out casting a strong shadow, as between the legs. This extreme virtuosity concerns the left side and front of the statue. On the right side, the layout of the drapery is reduced to the main lines of the clothes, in a much less elaborate work.The goddess advances, leaning on her right leg. The two feet that were bare have not been found. The right touched the ground, the heel still slightly raised; the left foot, the leg strongly stretched back, was still carried in the air. The goddess is not walking, she is finishing her flight, her large wings still spread out backwards. The arms were also not found, but the right shoulder raised indicates that the right arm was raised to the side. With her elbow bent, the goddess made  a victorious gesture of salvation with her hand: this hand with outstretched fingers held nothing (neither trumpet nor crown). There is no clue to reconstructing the position of the left arm, probably lowered, very slightly bent; the goddess may have held a stylis (a naval standard) on this side, a kind of mast taken as a trophy on the enemy ship, as seen on coins. The statue is designed to be seen three quarters left (right for the spectator), from where the lines of the composition are very clear: a vertical from the neck to the right foot, and an oblique starting from the neck diagonally along the left leg. "The whole body is inscribed in a rectangular triangle, a simple but very solid geometric figure: it was necessary to support both the fulfilled shapes of the goddess, the accumulation of draperies, and the energy of movement". Most recently the Alula feather was restored to the left wing in a flared position, as it would be for a bird landing.The art historian H. W. Janson has pointed out that unlike earlier Greek or Near Eastern sculptures, the Nike creates a deliberate relationship to the imaginary space around the goddess. The wind that has carried her and which she is fighting off, straining to keep steady – as mentioned the original mounting had her standing on a ship's prow, just having landed – is the invisible complement of the figure and the viewer is made to imagine it. At the same time, this expanded space heightens the symbolic force of the work; the wind and the sea are suggested as metaphors of struggle, destiny and divine help or grace. This kind of interplay between a statue and the space conjured up would become a common device in baroque and romantic art, about two thousand years later. It is present in Michelangelo's sculpture of David: David's gaze and pose show where he is seeing his adversary Goliath and his awareness of the moment – but it is rare in ancient art.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Describe the characteristics of the The statue in Winged Victory of Samothrace's Description.

The statue, in white Parian marble, depicts a winged woman, the goddess of Victory (Niké), alighting on the bow of a warship.The Nike is dressed in a long tunic (χιτών, chitôn) in a very fine fabric, with a folded flap and belted under the chest. It was attached to the shoulders by two thin straps (the restoration is not accurate). The lower body is partially covered by a thick mantle (ἱμάτιον, himation) rolled up at the waist and untied when uncovering the entire left leg; one end slides between the legs to the ground, and the other, much shorter, flies freely in the back. The mantle is falling, and only the force of the wind holds it on her right leg. The sculptor has multiplied the effects of draperies, between places where the fabric is plated against the body by revealing its shapes, especially on the belly, and those where it accumulates in folds deeply hollowed out casting a strong shadow, as between the legs. This extreme virtuosity concerns the left side and front of the statue. On the right side, the layout of the drapery is reduced to the main lines of the clothes, in a much less elaborate work.The goddess advances, leaning on her right leg. The two feet that were bare have not been found. The right touched the ground, the heel still slightly raised; the left foot, the leg strongly stretched back, was still carried in the air. The goddess is not walking, she is finishing her flight, her large wings still spread out backwards. The arms were also not found, but the right shoulder raised indicates that the right arm was raised to the side. With her elbow bent, the goddess made  a victorious gesture of salvation with her hand: this hand with outstretched fingers held nothing (neither trumpet nor crown). There is no clue to reconstructing the position of the left arm, probably lowered, very slightly bent; the goddess may have held a stylis (a naval standard) on this side, a kind of mast taken as a trophy on the enemy ship, as seen on coins. The statue is designed to be seen three quarters left (right for the spectator), from where the lines of the composition are very clear: a vertical from the neck to the right foot, and an oblique starting from the neck diagonally along the left leg. "The whole body is inscribed in a rectangular triangle, a simple but very solid geometric figure: it was necessary to support both the fulfilled shapes of the goddess, the accumulation of draperies, and the energy of movement". Most recently the Alula feather was restored to the left wing in a flared position, as it would be for a bird landing.The art historian H. W. Janson has pointed out that unlike earlier Greek or Near Eastern sculptures, the Nike creates a deliberate relationship to the imaginary space around the goddess. The wind that has carried her and which she is fighting off, straining to keep steady – as mentioned the original mounting had her standing on a ship's prow, just having landed – is the invisible complement of the figure and the viewer is made to imagine it. At the same time, this expanded space heightens the symbolic force of the work; the wind and the sea are suggested as metaphors of struggle, destiny and divine help or grace. This kind of interplay between a statue and the space conjured up would become a common device in baroque and romantic art, about two thousand years later. It is present in Michelangelo's sculpture of David: David's gaze and pose show where he is seeing his adversary Goliath and his awareness of the moment – but it is rare in ancient art.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In the context of Winged Victory of Samothrace, explain the The boat and the base and the Description.

These are carved from grey marble veined with white, identified as that of the quarries of Lartos, in Rhodes. The base has the shape of the bow of a Greek Hellenistic warship: long and narrow, it is covered at the front by a combat deck on which the statue is located. It has reinforced, projecting oar boxes on the sides that supported two rows of staggered oars (the oval oar slots are also depicted). The keel is rounded. At the bottom of the bow, at the waterline, a large triple-pronged spur would have been sculpted, and a little higher up, a smaller two-bladed ram that would have been used to smash the hull of the enemy ship would have been shown. The top of the bow was crowned by a high and curved bow ornament (the acrostolion). These missing elements have not been reconstructed, which greatly reduces the vessel's warlike appearance.Epigraphist Christian Blinkenberg thought that this bow was that of a trihēmiolia, a type of warship often named in Rhodes inscriptions: the island's shipyards were renowned, and its war fleet important. But specialists in ancient naval architecture do not agree on the ascription of the trihemolia. It can only be said that the Samothrace bow has boxes of oars and two benches of superimposed oars. Each oar being operated by several rowers, this can also be suitable for a quadrireme (4 files of rowers) or a quinquereme (5 files of rowers). These ships were widespread in all Hellenistic war fleets, including the Rhodian fleet.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Explain the The boat and the base about the Description of this artwork, Winged Victory of Samothrace.

These are carved from grey marble veined with white, identified as that of the quarries of Lartos, in Rhodes. The base has the shape of the bow of a Greek Hellenistic warship: long and narrow, it is covered at the front by a combat deck on which the statue is located. It has reinforced, projecting oar boxes on the sides that supported two rows of staggered oars (the oval oar slots are also depicted). The keel is rounded. At the bottom of the bow, at the waterline, a large triple-pronged spur would have been sculpted, and a little higher up, a smaller two-bladed ram that would have been used to smash the hull of the enemy ship would have been shown. The top of the bow was crowned by a high and curved bow ornament (the acrostolion). These missing elements have not been reconstructed, which greatly reduces the vessel's warlike appearance.Epigraphist Christian Blinkenberg thought that this bow was that of a trihēmiolia, a type of warship often named in Rhodes inscriptions: the island's shipyards were renowned, and its war fleet important. But specialists in ancient naval architecture do not agree on the ascription of the trihemolia. It can only be said that the Samothrace bow has boxes of oars and two benches of superimposed oars. Each oar being operated by several rowers, this can also be suitable for a quadrireme (4 files of rowers) or a quinquereme (5 files of rowers). These ships were widespread in all Hellenistic war fleets, including the Rhodian fleet.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In Winged Victory of Samothrace, how is the The boat and the base of the Description explained?

These are carved from grey marble veined with white, identified as that of the quarries of Lartos, in Rhodes. The base has the shape of the bow of a Greek Hellenistic warship: long and narrow, it is covered at the front by a combat deck on which the statue is located. It has reinforced, projecting oar boxes on the sides that supported two rows of staggered oars (the oval oar slots are also depicted). The keel is rounded. At the bottom of the bow, at the waterline, a large triple-pronged spur would have been sculpted, and a little higher up, a smaller two-bladed ram that would have been used to smash the hull of the enemy ship would have been shown. The top of the bow was crowned by a high and curved bow ornament (the acrostolion). These missing elements have not been reconstructed, which greatly reduces the vessel's warlike appearance.Epigraphist Christian Blinkenberg thought that this bow was that of a trihēmiolia, a type of warship often named in Rhodes inscriptions: the island's shipyards were renowned, and its war fleet important. But specialists in ancient naval architecture do not agree on the ascription of the trihemolia. It can only be said that the Samothrace bow has boxes of oars and two benches of superimposed oars. Each oar being operated by several rowers, this can also be suitable for a quadrireme (4 files of rowers) or a quinquereme (5 files of rowers). These ships were widespread in all Hellenistic war fleets, including the Rhodian fleet.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Describe the characteristics of the The boat and the base in Winged Victory of Samothrace's Description.

These are carved from grey marble veined with white, identified as that of the quarries of Lartos, in Rhodes. The base has the shape of the bow of a Greek Hellenistic warship: long and narrow, it is covered at the front by a combat deck on which the statue is located. It has reinforced, projecting oar boxes on the sides that supported two rows of staggered oars (the oval oar slots are also depicted). The keel is rounded. At the bottom of the bow, at the waterline, a large triple-pronged spur would have been sculpted, and a little higher up, a smaller two-bladed ram that would have been used to smash the hull of the enemy ship would have been shown. The top of the bow was crowned by a high and curved bow ornament (the acrostolion). These missing elements have not been reconstructed, which greatly reduces the vessel's warlike appearance.Epigraphist Christian Blinkenberg thought that this bow was that of a trihēmiolia, a type of warship often named in Rhodes inscriptions: the island's shipyards were renowned, and its war fleet important. But specialists in ancient naval architecture do not agree on the ascription of the trihemolia. It can only be said that the Samothrace bow has boxes of oars and two benches of superimposed oars. Each oar being operated by several rowers, this can also be suitable for a quadrireme (4 files of rowers) or a quinquereme (5 files of rowers). These ships were widespread in all Hellenistic war fleets, including the Rhodian fleet.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In the context of Winged Victory of Samothrace, explain the Dimensions and construction of the set and the Description.

Total height: 5.57 mStatue height: 2.75 m with wings; 2.40 m body without headShip height: 2.01 m; length: 4.29 m; width max.: 2.48 mBase height: 0.36 m; length: 4.76 m; width: 1.76 mThe Victory statue, about 1.6 times life size, is not cut from a single block of marble, but composed of six blocks worked separately: the body, the bust with the head, the two arms and the two wings. These blocks were assembled together by metal braces (bronze or iron). This technique, used for a long time by Greek sculptors for the protruding parts of statues, was used in Hellenistic times for the body itself, thus making it possible to use smaller pieces of marble, therefore less rare and less expensive. In the case of Victory, the sculptor optimized this technique by tilting the joint surfaces that connect the wings to the body by 20° forward, which ensured their cantilevered support in the back. To the body-block were added smaller projecting pieces: the end of the flying mantle at the back and the end of the fold falling to the ground in front of the left leg have been reattached; the right foot, the back of the left leg with the foot and a drapery fold in front of the legs are lost.The ship is composed of 16 blocks divided into three increasingly wide assizes aft, placed on a rectangular base. The seventeenth block, which remained in Samothrace, completed the void at the back of the upper assembly, just under the statue. Its weight allowed the cantilever of the blocks of the protruding oar boxes to hold on the sides. The baseboard of the statue was embedded in a basin dug on this block. Its contours, fully visible during the 2014 restoration, made it possible to determine the location of the statue very precisely.The statue and base are inseparable to ensure the balance of the monument, designed as a whole.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Explain the Dimensions and construction of the set about the Description of this artwork, Winged Victory of Samothrace.

Total height: 5.57 mStatue height: 2.75 m with wings; 2.40 m body without headShip height: 2.01 m; length: 4.29 m; width max.: 2.48 mBase height: 0.36 m; length: 4.76 m; width: 1.76 mThe Victory statue, about 1.6 times life size, is not cut from a single block of marble, but composed of six blocks worked separately: the body, the bust with the head, the two arms and the two wings. These blocks were assembled together by metal braces (bronze or iron). This technique, used for a long time by Greek sculptors for the protruding parts of statues, was used in Hellenistic times for the body itself, thus making it possible to use smaller pieces of marble, therefore less rare and less expensive. In the case of Victory, the sculptor optimized this technique by tilting the joint surfaces that connect the wings to the body by 20° forward, which ensured their cantilevered support in the back. To the body-block were added smaller projecting pieces: the end of the flying mantle at the back and the end of the fold falling to the ground in front of the left leg have been reattached; the right foot, the back of the left leg with the foot and a drapery fold in front of the legs are lost.The ship is composed of 16 blocks divided into three increasingly wide assizes aft, placed on a rectangular base. The seventeenth block, which remained in Samothrace, completed the void at the back of the upper assembly, just under the statue. Its weight allowed the cantilever of the blocks of the protruding oar boxes to hold on the sides. The baseboard of the statue was embedded in a basin dug on this block. Its contours, fully visible during the 2014 restoration, made it possible to determine the location of the statue very precisely.The statue and base are inseparable to ensure the balance of the monument, designed as a whole.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In Winged Victory of Samothrace, how is the Dimensions and construction of the set of the Description explained?

Total height: 5.57 mStatue height: 2.75 m with wings; 2.40 m body without headShip height: 2.01 m; length: 4.29 m; width max.: 2.48 mBase height: 0.36 m; length: 4.76 m; width: 1.76 mThe Victory statue, about 1.6 times life size, is not cut from a single block of marble, but composed of six blocks worked separately: the body, the bust with the head, the two arms and the two wings. These blocks were assembled together by metal braces (bronze or iron). This technique, used for a long time by Greek sculptors for the protruding parts of statues, was used in Hellenistic times for the body itself, thus making it possible to use smaller pieces of marble, therefore less rare and less expensive. In the case of Victory, the sculptor optimized this technique by tilting the joint surfaces that connect the wings to the body by 20° forward, which ensured their cantilevered support in the back. To the body-block were added smaller projecting pieces: the end of the flying mantle at the back and the end of the fold falling to the ground in front of the left leg have been reattached; the right foot, the back of the left leg with the foot and a drapery fold in front of the legs are lost.The ship is composed of 16 blocks divided into three increasingly wide assizes aft, placed on a rectangular base. The seventeenth block, which remained in Samothrace, completed the void at the back of the upper assembly, just under the statue. Its weight allowed the cantilever of the blocks of the protruding oar boxes to hold on the sides. The baseboard of the statue was embedded in a basin dug on this block. Its contours, fully visible during the 2014 restoration, made it possible to determine the location of the statue very precisely.The statue and base are inseparable to ensure the balance of the monument, designed as a whole.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Describe the characteristics of the Dimensions and construction of the set in Winged Victory of Samothrace's Description.

Total height: 5.57 mStatue height: 2.75 m with wings; 2.40 m body without headShip height: 2.01 m; length: 4.29 m; width max.: 2.48 mBase height: 0.36 m; length: 4.76 m; width: 1.76 mThe Victory statue, about 1.6 times life size, is not cut from a single block of marble, but composed of six blocks worked separately: the body, the bust with the head, the two arms and the two wings. These blocks were assembled together by metal braces (bronze or iron). This technique, used for a long time by Greek sculptors for the protruding parts of statues, was used in Hellenistic times for the body itself, thus making it possible to use smaller pieces of marble, therefore less rare and less expensive. In the case of Victory, the sculptor optimized this technique by tilting the joint surfaces that connect the wings to the body by 20° forward, which ensured their cantilevered support in the back. To the body-block were added smaller projecting pieces: the end of the flying mantle at the back and the end of the fold falling to the ground in front of the left leg have been reattached; the right foot, the back of the left leg with the foot and a drapery fold in front of the legs are lost.The ship is composed of 16 blocks divided into three increasingly wide assizes aft, placed on a rectangular base. The seventeenth block, which remained in Samothrace, completed the void at the back of the upper assembly, just under the statue. Its weight allowed the cantilever of the blocks of the protruding oar boxes to hold on the sides. The baseboard of the statue was embedded in a basin dug on this block. Its contours, fully visible during the 2014 restoration, made it possible to determine the location of the statue very precisely.The statue and base are inseparable to ensure the balance of the monument, designed as a whole.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In the context of Winged Victory of Samothrace, explain the The location and the Architectural context.

The sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace is located in a very narrow river valley. The buildings reserved for the Mysteries ceremonies occupied the entire bottom of the valley. From the 3rd century BC, the entrance to the site was a monumental propylaia to the east. To the west was a very long portico to house pilgrims (the stoa) and important offerings. The Victory Monument was located at the south end of the portico terrace, in a rectangular space dug into the hillside, and set back and raised from the theatre; facing north, it overlooks the entire sanctuary. In 1863 Champoiseau described and drew the monument surrounded on three sides by a limestone wall. All that remains of this enclosure now are the foundations of the walls, surrounded at the bottom and sides by walls supporting the lands of the hill. The enclosure itself is 13.40 m wide by 9.55 m long, and we know from the surveys made by Hauser in 1876 that the Victory was arranged obliquely 14.5° from the back wall. This arrangement highlights the left side of the statue for the observer from the terrace, which explains why the sculpture work is much more elaborate on this side than on the other. Large natural rocks are visible in the front part of the space. The foundation walls have been restored and the place of the monument artificially indicated.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Explain the The location about the Architectural context of this artwork, Winged Victory of Samothrace.

The sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace is located in a very narrow river valley. The buildings reserved for the Mysteries ceremonies occupied the entire bottom of the valley. From the 3rd century BC, the entrance to the site was a monumental propylaia to the east. To the west was a very long portico to house pilgrims (the stoa) and important offerings. The Victory Monument was located at the south end of the portico terrace, in a rectangular space dug into the hillside, and set back and raised from the theatre; facing north, it overlooks the entire sanctuary. In 1863 Champoiseau described and drew the monument surrounded on three sides by a limestone wall. All that remains of this enclosure now are the foundations of the walls, surrounded at the bottom and sides by walls supporting the lands of the hill. The enclosure itself is 13.40 m wide by 9.55 m long, and we know from the surveys made by Hauser in 1876 that the Victory was arranged obliquely 14.5° from the back wall. This arrangement highlights the left side of the statue for the observer from the terrace, which explains why the sculpture work is much more elaborate on this side than on the other. Large natural rocks are visible in the front part of the space. The foundation walls have been restored and the place of the monument artificially indicated.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In Winged Victory of Samothrace, how is the The location of the Architectural context explained?

The sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace is located in a very narrow river valley. The buildings reserved for the Mysteries ceremonies occupied the entire bottom of the valley. From the 3rd century BC, the entrance to the site was a monumental propylaia to the east. To the west was a very long portico to house pilgrims (the stoa) and important offerings. The Victory Monument was located at the south end of the portico terrace, in a rectangular space dug into the hillside, and set back and raised from the theatre; facing north, it overlooks the entire sanctuary. In 1863 Champoiseau described and drew the monument surrounded on three sides by a limestone wall. All that remains of this enclosure now are the foundations of the walls, surrounded at the bottom and sides by walls supporting the lands of the hill. The enclosure itself is 13.40 m wide by 9.55 m long, and we know from the surveys made by Hauser in 1876 that the Victory was arranged obliquely 14.5° from the back wall. This arrangement highlights the left side of the statue for the observer from the terrace, which explains why the sculpture work is much more elaborate on this side than on the other. Large natural rocks are visible in the front part of the space. The foundation walls have been restored and the place of the monument artificially indicated.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Describe the characteristics of the The location in Winged Victory of Samothrace's Architectural context.

The sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace is located in a very narrow river valley. The buildings reserved for the Mysteries ceremonies occupied the entire bottom of the valley. From the 3rd century BC, the entrance to the site was a monumental propylaia to the east. To the west was a very long portico to house pilgrims (the stoa) and important offerings. The Victory Monument was located at the south end of the portico terrace, in a rectangular space dug into the hillside, and set back and raised from the theatre; facing north, it overlooks the entire sanctuary. In 1863 Champoiseau described and drew the monument surrounded on three sides by a limestone wall. All that remains of this enclosure now are the foundations of the walls, surrounded at the bottom and sides by walls supporting the lands of the hill. The enclosure itself is 13.40 m wide by 9.55 m long, and we know from the surveys made by Hauser in 1876 that the Victory was arranged obliquely 14.5° from the back wall. This arrangement highlights the left side of the statue for the observer from the terrace, which explains why the sculpture work is much more elaborate on this side than on the other. Large natural rocks are visible in the front part of the space. The foundation walls have been restored and the place of the monument artificially indicated.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In the context of Winged Victory of Samothrace, explain the Interpretation and the Architectural context.

The reconstructed whole has given rise to various interpretations. K. Lehmann hypothesized that the monument was placed in the basin of an open-air fountain, with water effects on the large rocks arranged for this purpose. But they could not be part of the original layout since the palm of the right hand was found under one of them: Charbonneau thought they came from a later natural landslide. The fountain hypothesis has been abandoned since the excavations of J. McCredie and B. Wescoat demonstrated that there was no water supply to the enclosure.Recent research has not determined the exact nature of the Victory's architectural setting, more than 500 blocks of which have been reused in a Byzantine construction at the other end of the west hill. Fragments of coloured plaster and some elements of terracotta architectural decoration were found in the enclosure. Two 3D reconstructions have been proposed by B. Wescoat: either low walls forming a peribolos around the open-air monument, or a covered building with columns and pediment of the naiskos type. The excellent state of conservation of the sculpture's surface suggests that it did not stay in the open air for long. The overall reconstruction of the sanctuary in 3D also highlighted that the statue of Victory was oriented along the axis of the river, which was the only unobstructed perspective of the sanctuary: the monument was thus clearly visible from the bottom of the valley.Another hypothesis was proposed by Jean Richer (archaeologist) who observed that the ship on which the statue is placed represents the constellation of the Argo: the ship's bow and the statue had been deliberately placed at an angle, within the important Sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace, so that Victory looked northward: according to Richer, this direction shows the path that leads to the gate of the gods identified at Mount Hemos, and thus alludes to a spiritual victory; for, in this orientation, the momentum and gaze of the statue were directed at the northeast corner of the Anaktoron, seat of the Little Mysteries, where initiation was given. This angle was thus the most sacred of the building.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Explain the Interpretation about the Architectural context of this artwork, Winged Victory of Samothrace.

The reconstructed whole has given rise to various interpretations. K. Lehmann hypothesized that the monument was placed in the basin of an open-air fountain, with water effects on the large rocks arranged for this purpose. But they could not be part of the original layout since the palm of the right hand was found under one of them: Charbonneau thought they came from a later natural landslide. The fountain hypothesis has been abandoned since the excavations of J. McCredie and B. Wescoat demonstrated that there was no water supply to the enclosure.Recent research has not determined the exact nature of the Victory's architectural setting, more than 500 blocks of which have been reused in a Byzantine construction at the other end of the west hill. Fragments of coloured plaster and some elements of terracotta architectural decoration were found in the enclosure. Two 3D reconstructions have been proposed by B. Wescoat: either low walls forming a peribolos around the open-air monument, or a covered building with columns and pediment of the naiskos type. The excellent state of conservation of the sculpture's surface suggests that it did not stay in the open air for long. The overall reconstruction of the sanctuary in 3D also highlighted that the statue of Victory was oriented along the axis of the river, which was the only unobstructed perspective of the sanctuary: the monument was thus clearly visible from the bottom of the valley.Another hypothesis was proposed by Jean Richer (archaeologist) who observed that the ship on which the statue is placed represents the constellation of the Argo: the ship's bow and the statue had been deliberately placed at an angle, within the important Sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace, so that Victory looked northward: according to Richer, this direction shows the path that leads to the gate of the gods identified at Mount Hemos, and thus alludes to a spiritual victory; for, in this orientation, the momentum and gaze of the statue were directed at the northeast corner of the Anaktoron, seat of the Little Mysteries, where initiation was given. This angle was thus the most sacred of the building.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In Winged Victory of Samothrace, how is the Interpretation of the Architectural context explained?

The reconstructed whole has given rise to various interpretations. K. Lehmann hypothesized that the monument was placed in the basin of an open-air fountain, with water effects on the large rocks arranged for this purpose. But they could not be part of the original layout since the palm of the right hand was found under one of them: Charbonneau thought they came from a later natural landslide. The fountain hypothesis has been abandoned since the excavations of J. McCredie and B. Wescoat demonstrated that there was no water supply to the enclosure.Recent research has not determined the exact nature of the Victory's architectural setting, more than 500 blocks of which have been reused in a Byzantine construction at the other end of the west hill. Fragments of coloured plaster and some elements of terracotta architectural decoration were found in the enclosure. Two 3D reconstructions have been proposed by B. Wescoat: either low walls forming a peribolos around the open-air monument, or a covered building with columns and pediment of the naiskos type. The excellent state of conservation of the sculpture's surface suggests that it did not stay in the open air for long. The overall reconstruction of the sanctuary in 3D also highlighted that the statue of Victory was oriented along the axis of the river, which was the only unobstructed perspective of the sanctuary: the monument was thus clearly visible from the bottom of the valley.Another hypothesis was proposed by Jean Richer (archaeologist) who observed that the ship on which the statue is placed represents the constellation of the Argo: the ship's bow and the statue had been deliberately placed at an angle, within the important Sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace, so that Victory looked northward: according to Richer, this direction shows the path that leads to the gate of the gods identified at Mount Hemos, and thus alludes to a spiritual victory; for, in this orientation, the momentum and gaze of the statue were directed at the northeast corner of the Anaktoron, seat of the Little Mysteries, where initiation was given. This angle was thus the most sacred of the building.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Describe the characteristics of the Interpretation in Winged Victory of Samothrace's Architectural context.

The reconstructed whole has given rise to various interpretations. K. Lehmann hypothesized that the monument was placed in the basin of an open-air fountain, with water effects on the large rocks arranged for this purpose. But they could not be part of the original layout since the palm of the right hand was found under one of them: Charbonneau thought they came from a later natural landslide. The fountain hypothesis has been abandoned since the excavations of J. McCredie and B. Wescoat demonstrated that there was no water supply to the enclosure.Recent research has not determined the exact nature of the Victory's architectural setting, more than 500 blocks of which have been reused in a Byzantine construction at the other end of the west hill. Fragments of coloured plaster and some elements of terracotta architectural decoration were found in the enclosure. Two 3D reconstructions have been proposed by B. Wescoat: either low walls forming a peribolos around the open-air monument, or a covered building with columns and pediment of the naiskos type. The excellent state of conservation of the sculpture's surface suggests that it did not stay in the open air for long. The overall reconstruction of the sanctuary in 3D also highlighted that the statue of Victory was oriented along the axis of the river, which was the only unobstructed perspective of the sanctuary: the monument was thus clearly visible from the bottom of the valley.Another hypothesis was proposed by Jean Richer (archaeologist) who observed that the ship on which the statue is placed represents the constellation of the Argo: the ship's bow and the statue had been deliberately placed at an angle, within the important Sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace, so that Victory looked northward: according to Richer, this direction shows the path that leads to the gate of the gods identified at Mount Hemos, and thus alludes to a spiritual victory; for, in this orientation, the momentum and gaze of the statue were directed at the northeast corner of the Anaktoron, seat of the Little Mysteries, where initiation was given. This angle was thus the most sacred of the building.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In the context of Winged Victory of Samothrace, explain the An offering and the Function, date and style.

In the sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace, as in all the great pan-Hellenic shrines, the faithful offered their ex-votos, from the most modest to the most sumptuous according to their wealth. It was a way to honour the gods and thank them for their benefits. In addition to a promise of a better spiritual life, the Cabeiri gods, including the Dioscuri, were reputed to ensure their protection to those who were initiated into their Mysteries if they were in danger at sea and in combat. Summoning them allowed their initiates to be saved from shipwreck and to obtain victory. In this context, a representation of Victory landing on a ship's bow can be interpreted as an offering to thank the Great Gods following an important naval victory.Several major naval offerings were known in the 3rd century BC. In the Greek world, such as the "bull monument" in Delos, the naval monument of the agora in Cyrene and Samothrace itself, the Neorion (No. 6 on the map), which housed a ship about twenty meters long. In Rhodes, an offering of the same type as the base of Samothrace, but smaller, was found in the sanctuary of Athena at the top of the acropolis of Lindos.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Explain the An offering about the Function, date and style of this artwork, Winged Victory of Samothrace.

In the sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace, as in all the great pan-Hellenic shrines, the faithful offered their ex-votos, from the most modest to the most sumptuous according to their wealth. It was a way to honour the gods and thank them for their benefits. In addition to a promise of a better spiritual life, the Cabeiri gods, including the Dioscuri, were reputed to ensure their protection to those who were initiated into their Mysteries if they were in danger at sea and in combat. Summoning them allowed their initiates to be saved from shipwreck and to obtain victory. In this context, a representation of Victory landing on a ship's bow can be interpreted as an offering to thank the Great Gods following an important naval victory.Several major naval offerings were known in the 3rd century BC. In the Greek world, such as the "bull monument" in Delos, the naval monument of the agora in Cyrene and Samothrace itself, the Neorion (No. 6 on the map), which housed a ship about twenty meters long. In Rhodes, an offering of the same type as the base of Samothrace, but smaller, was found in the sanctuary of Athena at the top of the acropolis of Lindos.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: In Winged Victory of Samothrace, how is the An offering of the Function, date and style explained?

In the sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace, as in all the great pan-Hellenic shrines, the faithful offered their ex-votos, from the most modest to the most sumptuous according to their wealth. It was a way to honour the gods and thank them for their benefits. In addition to a promise of a better spiritual life, the Cabeiri gods, including the Dioscuri, were reputed to ensure their protection to those who were initiated into their Mysteries if they were in danger at sea and in combat. Summoning them allowed their initiates to be saved from shipwreck and to obtain victory. In this context, a representation of Victory landing on a ship's bow can be interpreted as an offering to thank the Great Gods following an important naval victory.Several major naval offerings were known in the 3rd century BC. In the Greek world, such as the "bull monument" in Delos, the naval monument of the agora in Cyrene and Samothrace itself, the Neorion (No. 6 on the map), which housed a ship about twenty meters long. In Rhodes, an offering of the same type as the base of Samothrace, but smaller, was found in the sanctuary of Athena at the top of the acropolis of Lindos.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg


Winged Victory of Samothrace

Prompt: Describe the characteristics of the An offering in Winged Victory of Samothrace's Function, date and style.

In the sanctuary of the Great Gods of Samothrace, as in all the great pan-Hellenic shrines, the faithful offered their ex-votos, from the most modest to the most sumptuous according to their wealth. It was a way to honour the gods and thank them for their benefits. In addition to a promise of a better spiritual life, the Cabeiri gods, including the Dioscuri, were reputed to ensure their protection to those who were initiated into their Mysteries if they were in danger at sea and in combat. Summoning them allowed their initiates to be saved from shipwreck and to obtain victory. In this context, a representation of Victory landing on a ship's bow can be interpreted as an offering to thank the Great Gods following an important naval victory.Several major naval offerings were known in the 3rd century BC. In the Greek world, such as the "bull monument" in Delos, the naval monument of the agora in Cyrene and Samothrace itself, the Neorion (No. 6 on the map), which housed a ship about twenty meters long. In Rhodes, an offering of the same type as the base of Samothrace, but smaller, was found in the sanctuary of Athena at the top of the acropolis of Lindos.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace parties conservées de la statue.jpg

File:Victoire de Samothrace - Musee du Louvre - 20190812.jpg

General plan of the [[Samothrace temple complex

The ''Nike of Samothrace'' at the Louvre Palace in Paris, at the top of the main staircase.

Image:Victoire de Samothrace - vue de gauche, détail de la proue.JPG

File:F4135 Paris Louvre victoire Samontrace rwk.jpg

Category:Archaeological discoveries in the Aegean Islands

Construction of the assembled monument, (drawing V. Foret).

Image:Schéma de la Victoire de Samothrace.jpg

Model of the ''Victory of Samothrace'' after Benndorf and Hauser, 1880.

The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'' after the restoration of 2014.

Category:2nd-century BC Greek sculptures

''Nike of Samothrace'': the conserved parts of the statue, after Benndorf, 1880

Category:Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the Louvre

Naval monument in the agora of [[Cyrene (Libya)

Image:Tétradrachme en argent représentant Poséidon à droite.jpg