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gyossaith · 8 months

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Nike of Samothrace

#Nike of Samothrace #louvre #paris #art #statue #sculpture #dark #black and white #bnw #black and white photography #greek mythology

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eyeofpsyche · 1 year

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‘Winged Victory of Samothrace,’ (c. 200–190 BC)

Sculpture from the Hellenistic era depicting Goddess of victory, Nike,

Constructed of Parian marble, h: 328 cm,

Discovered in 1863 on the Greek island of Samothrace in the northern Aegean Sea, by Charles Champoiseau,

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (1886 – present).

#winged victory of samothrace #art #sculpture #hellenism #hellenistic era #goddess #nike #ancient greece #ancient history #ancient art #marble #samothrace #nike of samothrace #charles champoiseau #winged being #louvre #paris #photography #art photography

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frankfosterphotography · 13 days

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Nike,

The Louvre, Paris, France.

#the louvre #monochromatic #nike of samothrace #photographers on tumblr #original photography #architecture #Greek sculpture #frank foster

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copperbadge · 1 year

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When it became evident that the Nazis would take Paris, the Louvre began to evacuate; they started with the most vital pieces, like the Mona Lisa and Winged Victory. Here she is being moved for transport out of the city to hopeful safety. I find the photos fascinating, the endeavor foolish and beautiful. And it worked.

Always acknowledging the human and cultural loss, millions of people exterminated in the Nazi death machine, we also lost art to the largest scale theft and looting the world has ever seen before or since. There are still paintings missing, and those that can never be restored to their owners or heirs.

But a lot was saved, and came back. Truly it should be in Greece and not in the Louvre, but today I got to stand in front of the Nike of Samothrace and spit in Herman Goring's eye.

Fascism can't beat art, not forever.

[ID: three images; top two are black and white photos of the Nike of Samothrace, a woman with backswept wings, draped in fabric and missing her arms and head; in the top photos she is wrapped in rope and being hoisted onto a cart, then moved down a flight of stairs. Below, my own photo, Nike sits in triumph in the Louvre once more, lit by sunlight from an unseen window.]

#sam travels #the cheese tour #paris #louvre #nike of samothrace #holocaust #nazis #look at this cocky bitch #not me tearing up in the museum cafeteria about winged victory

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sentierscolores · 1 month

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#Winged Victory #Nike of Samothrace

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avtavr · 3 months

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Nike of Samothrace

#freestanding statuary #thing to behold #pagan relics #nike of samothrace #the louvre #my photos

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ltwilliammowett · 1 year

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The Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BC

The Nike of Samothrace is an ancient Greek sculpture and a representation of Nike (Roman Victoria), the goddess of victory, landing light-footed on a warship. Shortly after she was made in 190 BC, by the Rhodians in thanksgiving for their naval victory over Antiochius III of Syria (222 - 187 BC) on the island of Samothrace near the Carib sanctuary. Hersize is 2.45m (incl. prow: 3.28) and it is made of Parian marble.

#naval artifacts #nike of samothrace #c. 190bc #greek #warship #ancient seafaring

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artschoolglasses · 8 months

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