Plaster cast of Charioteer of Delphi (Version 4)
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- Mid 19th century-early 20th century
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Plaster cast of Charioteer of Delphi (Version 4)
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Plaster cast of Charioteer of Delphi (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Charioteer of Delphi (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Charioteer of Delphi (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Charioteer of Delphi
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
Original: The life-size bronze statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi and is also known as Heniokhos, the rein-holder. The statue was erected at Delphi in 474BC, to commemorate the victory of a chariot team in the Pythean Games, which were held at Delphi every four years in honor of Pythean Apollo. Original currently in the collection of the Delphi Archaeological Museum, Greece.
Plaster cast of Canephora (Kanephoros) (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Canephora (Kanephoros) (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Canephora (Kanephoros) (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Canephora (Kanephoros)
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
Original: Canephora was an honorific office given to unmarried young women in ancient Greece which involved the privilege of leading the procession to sacrifice at festivals.Translated as: "Basket Bearer". Original currently in the collection of the British Museum, London, UK.
Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Borghese Warrior
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Original: Also known as: Discobolus, Fighting Gladiator, Hector, Heros Combattant, Borghese Gladiator. Particularly admired for its truthful rendering of anatomy. A Hellenistic sculpture actually portraying a swordsman, created at Ephesus about 100 BCE. Listed in first catalogue of casts as Greek, in the Louvre and was bought from Brucciani. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.
Photographed in GSA in 1915.
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Original: Roman copy (2nd century bc) of a Greek original (c325 bc); currently in the collection of the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
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Plaster cast of Apollo Sauroctonos (Lizard Slayer) (Version 5)
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Plaster cast of Apollo Sauroctonos (Lizard Slayer) (Version 4)
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Plaster cast of Apollo Sauroctonos (Lizard Slayer) (Version 3)
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Plaster cast of Apollo Sauroctonos (Lizard Slayer) (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of Apollo Sauroctonos (Lizard Slayer) (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of Apollo Sauroctonos (Lizard Slayer)
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This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
Original: This cast is of a 1st - 2nd century AD Roman marble copy of the Praxiteles original (Bronze, attributed by Pliny). It shows a nude adolescent male about to catch a lizard climbing up a tree. The left arm, the right hand and the lizard's head are modern restorations. It could indirectly refer to Apollo's fight against the serpent Python or, if the lizard is an attribute of the god, it could show Apollo in his purifying function, as a destroyer of plagues. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.
Plaster cast of acroteria from Greek temple
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Plaster cast of a Centaur and Lapiths (Metope South II), part of Parthenon Frieze (Version 2)
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Plaster cast of a Centaur and Lapiths (Metope South II), part of Parthenon Frieze (Version 1)
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Plaster cast of a Centaur and Lapiths (Metope South II), part of Parthenon Frieze
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Original: Shows the battle between Centaurs and Lapiths at the marriage-feast of Peirithoos. Original: Phidias, c442 BC. Marble. Parthenon, Athens, Greece. Currently in the collection of the British Museum (Part of ‘The Elgin Marbles’).