Temple of Aphaia West pediment, Paris

Drew Layton

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’

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