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c490BC As the name suggests was on the west
pediment Meant to be Paris of Troy Excavated in 1811 Bought by King Ludwig I of Bavaria Currently held in the Glyptothek
Facts
About the Pediment Archaic style Depicts the scenes of the Trojan war The entire pediment was painted brightly Many soldiers that fought in Troy came from
Aegina which explains why this was Athena stands in the middle meaning she is
the tallest sculpture Sculptor was very good at using space Paris overlaps with other sculptures
About Paris Originally painted Has Archaic features:
◦ Archaic smile◦ Almond eyes◦ Telephone ears◦ Small amount of muscle
definition Pose shows aiming with
a bow Clothed, No heroic
nudity
More on Paris Pose allows for the
statue to fit in with the pediment
The pose is also different to standard archaic sculptures
Front foot raised at the front
Not symmetrical Identified by his hat
Advance in style Statues instead of relief because the
sculptors realised there was more potential with this method and it created a more realistic and better looking pediment
Woodford said ‘Before the end of the 6th century BC
sculptors had found a way to treat the pediment shelf as if it were a real space, populated with credible figures, conceived of in terms of a unified scale and involved in a single story’
‘Figures in combat – standing, striding, kneeling, falling or even expiring in the corners – could assume that would lower their heads as required without affecting the scale of their bodies’