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ARCHAJC STATUES OF APOLLO.
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CHAPTER VI.
EXTANT WORKS OF ARCHAIC ART.
(Seventh and Sixth Centuries, B.C.)
In primitive art, as we have seen, the different deities were distin-
guished from one another by attributes of various kinds indicative of
their peculiar character and functions. But as artistic insight and
technical skill increased, the artist rose to a higher conception of his
mission, and strove to represent by form, attitude, and expression the
individuality of his subject And when once the ideal type of a god
or hero had been grasped by genius, and embodied by skill, it was
not lightly changed, but in all the modifications which it underwent
retained its essential identity.
Of the works of art of which we have spoken above not one,
perhaps, is to be found among the existing monuments of antiquity.
We possess, however, a considerable number of archaic statues
from various parts of Greece and the Greek islands—from Orcho-
menos, Megara, Thera, Tenea, and Naxos—which greatly aid us in
forming an idea of the archaic style of the seventh and sixth cen-
turies before the Christian era. Among the best known of these »are
the so-called Apollo of Thera, now at Athens, the Apollo of Tcnca
at Munich, and the ' Strangfoid' Apollo, in the British Museum,
which, though they differ in age and merit, bear a very close resem-
blance in general type and style.
The Apollo of Thera
was found in the island of Thera {hod. Santorini), and was acquired
in 1836 for the Thesion at Athens. This figure is about the size of
55
CHAPTER VI.
EXTANT WORKS OF ARCHAIC ART.
(Seventh and Sixth Centuries, B.C.)
In primitive art, as we have seen, the different deities were distin-
guished from one another by attributes of various kinds indicative of
their peculiar character and functions. But as artistic insight and
technical skill increased, the artist rose to a higher conception of his
mission, and strove to represent by form, attitude, and expression the
individuality of his subject And when once the ideal type of a god
or hero had been grasped by genius, and embodied by skill, it was
not lightly changed, but in all the modifications which it underwent
retained its essential identity.
Of the works of art of which we have spoken above not one,
perhaps, is to be found among the existing monuments of antiquity.
We possess, however, a considerable number of archaic statues
from various parts of Greece and the Greek islands—from Orcho-
menos, Megara, Thera, Tenea, and Naxos—which greatly aid us in
forming an idea of the archaic style of the seventh and sixth cen-
turies before the Christian era. Among the best known of these »are
the so-called Apollo of Thera, now at Athens, the Apollo of Tcnca
at Munich, and the ' Strangfoid' Apollo, in the British Museum,
which, though they differ in age and merit, bear a very close resem-
blance in general type and style.
The Apollo of Thera
was found in the island of Thera {hod. Santorini), and was acquired
in 1836 for the Thesion at Athens. This figure is about the size of