![]() The melting point for bronze is approximately 900☌ – certainly a bold environment in which to work without protective clothing! The third nude smith is hard at work polishing the nether parts of the finished warrior statute. Two nude smiths, one of whom crouches down to stoke the fire, are closely tending the furnace used to heat solid metal to molten form. And they are not the only ones: three of the smiths are likewise nude. ![]() The second statue is an over-life-sized, triumphant, striding warrior, a brazen hero bristling with helmet, spear and shield.Īside from the warrior’s armour, both statues are unclothed. The posture of the statue strongly suggests it will, when finished, depict an athlete. One statue has yet to be fitted with its head, which rests on the ground. Two nearly finished statues are carefully attended to by the busy foundry workers. True to the painter’s name, the outer surface of the cup (called a kylix in Ancient Greek) shows the interior of a bronze foundry, where metallurgists worked to cast statues and other objects. There is a scene painted on a clay drinking cup by an artist called the Foundry Painter from the early 5th century BCE.
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