Saved by shipwreck, The Antikythera Youth

The Antikythera Youth, 340-330 B.C.E., bronze, 1.96 m high (National Archaeological Museum, Athens), an ARCHES video
speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

[@marydonohoe8200]

I’ve never seen these eyes in Greek sculpture, before now. What a revelation, after years of seeing nothing but sad, hollow sockets. Thank you!!!

[@amindatua2792]

Oh my god! That soothing voices of the curators make it so much delightful to listen. Hats off! ❤

[@supremereader7614]

The video is almost as good as the art! 😊 Great subject matter, great descriptions, and extra lesson in mythology! Please keep them coming! 🙏

[@schoolstudio7915]

We are facing a real masterpiece. Thanks a lot Smarthistory 🌹

[@patstocker3658]

Just stunning, beautiful. I was in the old Athens Museum in the 70s. I was alone in a gallery which had a statue of Apollo ( larger than life ) at the end of a long gallery.. I walked towards it. He stood with his arms outstretched, palms upwards. It was eerie I approached, and it was if I was suspended in time. I had no idea what I was going to say, but reached out put my hand in his, looked up at his beautiful face and qwillec and asked him to show me his power, it was a surreal almost out of body experience, and one I treasure to this day. I retuned there 40:years later, and he was no longer there. I know he was definitely there, as I had a post card of hm back in the UK. I asked a guard what had happened to him. He stated there had never been a statue of Apollo. I didn’t correct him, but walked away, a little dejected, saddened and with a feeling of emptiness. I felt I had lost something rare and (f,or me) unforgettable a serene moment of my life.

[@LJ7000]

Very cool, amazing to see something so well kept from 2300 years ago

[@nathanielscreativecollecti6392]

So glad that some of the bronzes survive!

[@josipderek433]

In croatia we also have a good preserved bronze apoxiomenos, beautiful almost as this one 🤩

[@marydonohoe8200]

It would be marvelous to see some of those! Maybe SmartHistory can make a trip to Croatia...

[@darklingeraeld-ridge7946]

Also sometimes called the Ball Player. Or those fingers might have been involved in the hair of the Medusa, making it a Perseus. But it seems to me it may not be a mythic subject at all, but rather an athlete or warrior reaching out with a token of victory, such as a laurel wreath. Whatever, it's a marvellous sculpture.

[@massimosquecco203]

This is a rarely spoken subject so thank you for the nice lecture.

[@Sasha0927]

Glass paste is a new material for me. Still holding my breath on that new art in motion series. 😋 The Paris theory definitely makes sense, I'm fairly convinced. It's a great figure, whoever it is.

[@TinyEpics]

I can’t help but think of the sculpture brought ashore in “Call me by your Name”. Elio and Oliver making a truce through the ancient youth’s bronze arm. 😭

[@starcrib]

he's beautiful- and he could walk right off his pedestal and come and speak with you with his apple. 🍎

[@DarryanDhanpat]

Do the antikythera device next!

[@josephmessner5312]

Darryan I fully agree !!

[@c7261]

The antikythera device is AWESOME but I don't think it comes under the subject of art history (sadly).

[@guest_informant]

There are some great resources online about it. I disappeared down that rabbit hole a couple of months ago.

[@josephmessner5312]

Good rabbit hole to disappear into !!

[@Nessevan]

Can you imagine the original sculptor knowing almost 2500 years later his creation is still amazing people.

[@supremereader7614]

Amazing how the antikithera shipwreck had the best art and technology in the world. What else was on that ship? Really worth studying even more, imo.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

learn more here: smarthistory.org/the-antikythera-shipwreck/

[@nhmooytis7058]

Excellent vid, subbed!

[@wearrisch]

Looks like the sculpture in call me by your name

[@joshuaoneal00]

For it to be in such pristine shape. Amazing

[@tiatemjentzudir4998]

💎💎💎

[@bohanerosario9628]

Increíble......

[@davep5647]

This statue wasnt there when i visited in 2019.Maybe on loan or repair?

[@tamatoatuisila4633]

Could u look at the Colossus of Barletta

[@smarthistory-art-history]

We'd love to visit Barletta, hopefully we can before long.

[@c7261]

I'd never heard of this before - thanks for the direction. The face is so amazingly stylized! 😱

[@guest_informant]

Is this from the same wreck as Antikythera Mechanism? Or are there lots of wrecks near Antikythera?

[@smarthistory-art-history]

The same ship.

[@guest_informant]

@@smarthistory-art-history Ok. That's pretty remarkable. Thanks.

[@kevinhayes6933]

That's the only wreck that is known there. But they are still excavations going on there now. So looked

[@kevinhayes6933]

Guest Informant so just look it up , they are still finding things. They believe there are more statues to be found. They found a bronze arm and two different feet

[@j.m.w.5064]

While I greatly appreciate this content just one thing: How on earth would you come to the conclusion that the gesture is about "offering" something? I lack any contextual knowledge about this. And yet - this pose is boldly presenting sth, it's brash or intimidating.

[@fellowcitizen]

Agreed - it's clearly the Vulcan Mind Meld ;)

[@matureyoungman]

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