Kritios and Nesiotes

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Athenian sculptors sculptor pair

Kritios and Nesiotes were early Classical Athenian sculptors renowned for creating influential bronze statues that marked a transition toward more naturalistic representation in Greek art.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kritios	1
Kritios Boy	1
Tyrannicides group by Kritios and Nesiotes	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian sculptors ⓘ sculptor pair ⓘ
approximateFloruit	c. 480–460 BCE ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	key figures in shift from Archaic kouros type to dynamic Classical figure ⓘ
artisticMedium	bronze ⓘ marble (Roman copies of their bronzes) ⓘ
commissionedBy	Athenian polis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	Classical Athenian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicted	Aristogeiton NERFINISHED ⓘ Harmodius NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	Greek sculpture ⓘ
influenced	later Classical Greek sculptors ⓘ
influencedBy	Archaic Greek sculpture tradition ⓘ
knownFor	depiction of movement and realistic anatomy ⓘ development of Early Classical style ⓘ transition toward naturalistic representation in Greek sculpture ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement	Early Classical Greek art ⓘ
notableFor	replacement of earlier Tyrannicides statues by Antenor ⓘ
notableWork	Tyrannicides (Harmodius and Aristogeiton) NERFINISHED ⓘ bronze statues of Harmodius and Aristogeiton in the Athenian Agora ⓘ
occupation	sculptor ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	Early Classical (Severe Style) ⓘ
subjectOf	ancient literary references by later Greek authors ⓘ
theme	political liberation and tyrannicide ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Classical period of Greek art ⓘ early 5th century BCE ⓘ
workLocation	Athenian Agora (original Tyrannicides group) NERFINISHED ⓘ National Archaeological Museum of Naples (Roman copies of Tyrannicides) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Harmodius → statuesBy → Kritios and Nesiotes ⓘ

Severe style → notableExample → Kritios and Nesiotes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kritios Boy

Severe style → notableExample → Kritios and Nesiotes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tyrannicides group by Kritios and Nesiotes

Severe style → associatedWith → Kritios and Nesiotes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kritios