Podcast Episode 7: Winged Nike of Samothrace

For the second episode of Season 2, we are examining one of the most famous works of art in history: The Winged Nike of Samothrace. To listen to the episode, click here.

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Winged Nike of Samothrace

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Winged Nike with Prow

(Creative Commons 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons)

Coin of King Antigonus II Gonatas (Creative Commons 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace

(Creative Commons 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Winged Nike being evacuated from the Louvre, 1939 (Fair use via Wikimedia Commons)

Daru Staircase in the Louvre

(Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

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Sources

Europe 101: Art and History for the Traveler

Rick Steves and Gene Openshaw

Gardner’s Art through the Ages, 12th edition

Fred S. Kleiner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_Victory_of_Samothrace

http://musee.louvre.fr/oal/victoiredesamothrace/victoiredesamothrace_acc_en.html

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/ancient-mediterranean-ap/greece-etruria-rome/v/nike-winged-victory-of-samothrace-c-190-b-c-e

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samothrace#Antiquity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samothrace_temple_complex

https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2017/summer/curio/searching-the-true-origins-the-louvres-winged-victory

https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-hellenistic-sculpture-history/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_art

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/haht/hd_haht.htm

https://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Religion/