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Nike Riding Two Horse Chariot. The ancient Greek goddess Nike was the personification of the ideal of victory. Such personifications of ideal terms were common in ancient Greek culture; other examples include Wisdom, Knowledge, and Justice. The goddess was a popular figure in ancient Greek art, appearing in sculpture, on pottery, and on coins.
Earring with Nike driving a two-horse chariot. Unknown about 350 B.C. - 325 B.C. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA, United States. A masterly sculpture in miniature, this earring was probably created to adorn a cult statue or the tomb of a fashionable woman.
DESCRIPTION. Detail of Nike and Zeus from a painting depicting the Gigantomachia (War of the Giants). Nike, the winged goddess of victory, drives the four-horse (quadriga) chariot of Zeus. The god, standing beside her, holds a lightning bolt in one hand a royal sceptre in the other.
This ornament takes the shape of Nike—the goddess of victory—driving a two-horse chariot (biga). Once an earring, perhaps worn by a royal person or decorating a statue, a hoop on the underside was probably attached to an ear wire, which is now missing. The craftsmanship of the earring is extraordinary.
Oct 22, 2023 · Over the centuries they were adopted and adapted by numerous cultures. These ten cultures provide the best representations of how the chariot spread and evolved across the Ancient World. 1. Eurasian Steppe Chariots. Petroglyphs depicting steppe Chariots, Indo-European c.2,000 BCE, From Indo-European.eu.
This ornament takes the shape of Nike—the goddess of victory—driving a two-horse chariot (biga). Once an earring, perhaps worn by a royal person or decorating a statue, a hoop on the underside was probably attached to an ear wire, which is now missing. The craftsmanship of the earring is extraordinary.
This ornament takes the shape of Nike—the goddess of victory—driving a two-horse chariot (biga). Once an earring, perhaps worn by a royal person or decorating a statue, a hoop on the underside was probably attached to an ear wire, which is now missing. The craftsmanship of the earring is extraordinary.
