Seven Classical Sculptures That Have Made Their Name In Art History — The Victory Of Samothrace (No.1)

The great significance of art is that it can show people's true feelings and convey people's hearts

It is true that everyone's mood and aspirations are different, so the appreciation of beauty is different. However, those classical art masterpieces in history, as the source and model of beauty, span the region, culture and context; after the test of time, history, and aesthetics, in today's era, it still has the spiritual power of pointing directly at the hearts of the people.

Sculpture, as a way of thinking, is a unique existence in art. This is especially true of classical sculptures. They use the human body as an artistic language. By improving the harmonious unity of soul and bodybuilding, wisdom and strength, noble, and dignity

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Just as Russian writer Turgenev wrote: From a certain extent, "The Venus of Milos" is even more unquestionable than the French Revolution's Human Rights Declaration. Even in terms of defending "human dignity", the former may be more powerful.

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Schiller once said: "Beauty is a form, because we watch it; but it is also life, because we feel it. In short, beauty is both our state and our behavior." In any case It is a necessity for life.

Therefore, in order to share the most famous sculpture in the history of 7 art, we have written seven introductions and shared their eternal artistic charm, and behind the legendary stories, we also experienced a mental appeal of time and space.
This issue is the first issue.

NO.01

Winged Victory of Samothrace

About 190BC

Known as one of the "Three Treasures of the Louvre Town Pavilion", "The Goddess of Samoreus" is placed on the magnificent Daru staircase of the Demon Pavilion. The strong wings stretched to the side, and the wings were flying in the sea breeze, full of victory and the passion of triumph.

But she was not unearthed. Instead for a long time, there are no wings, and the gray face and other sculptures are stacked, which is not noticeable. Few people know that behind it, there is a 20 -year archeological and repair story hidden.

This sculpture is called "The Goddess of Samomelus", which was unintentionally excavated by French archeologist Shangpazoiseau in Samothrace, Greece.

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This sculpture is called "The Goddess of Samomelus", which was unintentionally excavated by French archeologist Shangpazoiseau in Samothrace, Greece.

The sculpture was severely damaged and crushed to nearly 200 marble remnants, which was uniformly packed and returned to France by Shang Pasuo.

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Given by the powerful cultural relics of the Louvre, after assembled the residual films, they found that it was a "statue of victory" more than 2 meters high. But unfortunately, the head and arms are missing. Although the wings are residual, the damage is seriously not installed.

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It took 12 years for the story to change: Austrian archaeologists discovered that gray marble fragments unearthed with the Goddess of Victory had been accidentally pieced together to turn out to be the prow of a battleship.

It was this bow that completely changed the fate of the Goddess of Victory. Because there is an ancient Greek coin pattern, is the goddess of victory standing on the bow of the wind, announcing the arrival of victory. So archaeologists concluded that the bow was the base of the Goddess of Victory!

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When the French learned of this, they immediately sent Champazzo to Samothrace, where he again succeeded in getting the prow and plinth packed up and shipped back to the Louvre.

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At this moment, the Louvre has also begun to realize that the "Goddess of Victory" will definitely become a priceless treasure. They began to repairs huge sums of money, first added the head of the bow to the "goddess", and then inserted her wings, but they never added their heads and arms.

This is where the Louvre is clever: something and do nothing. Wings must be added as the sign of the "Goddess of Victory", so that there is a dynamic dynamic of the wind. But the head and arm are not helpful to paint the snake.

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After the "Victory Goddess" is repaired, the base and wings are counted, and the statue height exceeds 5 meters. There is no room at the bottom to accommodate. So in 1884, the sculpture was moved to the current Daru stairs.
The ladder is connected by a series of high -open arches, and the momentum is magnificent. The "Goddess of Victory" was placed in the center of the ladder and became an absolute visual focus.
In addition to the exquisite sculpture itself, this sculpture is the most powerful: it can fully mobilize our imagination and create an unparalleled strong aura.
Wind, boats, and waves, these are invisible at all, but because of the vivid and realistic shape of the "goddess", what we feel is not a person, but a complete space full of the atmosphere of high and triumphant atmosphere.
This is the charm of this "goddess of victory in Samomelis" that is difficult to surpass.

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After all, this classic is an orphan. Because of its special significance, people like this sculpture very much. Therefore, more and more people seeks a copy of the historical work.
Because these classic historical works are world -renowned and the symbol of an era, this has made high requirements for the details of the carving of replicas.

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In the next issue, we will deeply interpret Venus de Milo


Post time: Feb-01-2023