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The Artemision Bronze (often called the God …

Years: 465BCE - 454BCE

The Artemision Bronze (often called the God from the Sea) is an ancient Greek sculpture that was recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea.

It represents either Zeus or Poseidon, slightly over lifesize, brandishing a missing thunderbolt (if Zeus) or trident (if Poseidon) with his raised right hand and sighting over his extended left hand.

The empty eye-sockets were originally inset, probably with bone, as well as the eyebrows (with silver), the lips, and the nipples (with copper).

The god is caught at the moment of pause in the full potentiality of his coming movement, described by Carol Mattusch: "the figure has the potential for violence, is concentrating, poised to throw, but the action is just beginning, and we are left to contemplate the coming demonstration of strength.

It is an original work of great strength in the Severe style that preceded the fifth-century classical style, dated to around 460 BCE.

A comparison can be made with the Charioteer of Delphi, a roughly contemporaneous bronze.