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Victory of Samothrace

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The Victory of Samothrace is a Greek sculpture of the Hellenistic period representing the goddess Niké, personification of the victory, placed on the front of a ship. It is currently preserved in the Louvre. The total height of the monument is 5.57 meters.The statue in white marble of Paros depicts a woman, the goddess of Victory (Nikč). She is dressed in a tunic (chiton) with flap belted under the chest, very fine fabric, letting appear the forms of the body.

The lower part of the body is covered by the thick drapery of the coat (himation) wrapped around the waist and which is uncovered by uncovering the left leg; It is falling, only plastered by the wind against the body, a pan flying to the rear. The Victory is represented at the moment when it lands on the deck of the ship, its wings spread, its left foot still in the air, the right foot hardly set.

In the most commonly accepted restitution, she raises her right arm to announce the victory: the right hand found in 1950 in Samothrace by Jean Charbonneaux, with open palm and fingers stretched, held no attribute (neither trumpet nor crown, Nor strip). These fragments, deposited in the Louvre in 1954, are exhibited near the statue. The left arm probably lowered along the body may have been a trophy, like the stylis (back stern) of an enemy ship.

Victory of Samothrace

Victory of Samothrace

Victory , Samothrace,Greek, sculptur,Art,Artist

The Victory of Samothrace is a Greek sculpture of the Hellenistic period representing the goddess Niké, personification of the victory, placed on the front of a ship. It is currently preserved in the Louvre. The total height of the monument is 5.57 meters.The statue in white marble of Paros depicts a woman, the goddess of Victory (Nikč). She is dressed in a tunic (chiton) with flap belted under the chest, very fine fabric, letting appear the forms of the body.

The lower part of the body is covered by the thick drapery of the coat (himation) wrapped around the waist and which is uncovered by uncovering the left leg; It is falling, only plastered by the wind against the body, a pan flying to the rear. The Victory is represented at the moment when it lands on the deck of the ship, its wings spread, its left foot still in the air, the right foot hardly set.

In the most commonly accepted restitution, she raises her right arm to announce the victory: the right hand found in 1950 in Samothrace by Jean Charbonneaux, with open palm and fingers stretched, held no attribute (neither trumpet nor crown, Nor strip). These fragments, deposited in the Louvre in 1954, are exhibited near the statue. The left arm probably lowered along the body may have been a trophy, like the stylis (back stern) of an enemy ship.

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