chariot

Examples of chariot in the following topics:

• Advancements Under the Shang

  • Military technology also advanced as horses were domesticated and chariots came into existence.
  • The chariot was military technology that allowed the Shang to excel at war.
  • A chariot burial site at Anyang (modern-day Henan) dates to the rule of King Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty (c. 1200 BCE).
  • Oracle bone inscriptions show that the Shang used chariots as mobile command vehicles and in royal hunts.
  • Members of the royal household were often buried with a chariot, horses and a charioteer.

• Bronze Sculpture in the Greek Early Classical Period

  • The Charioteer of Delphi is an Early Classical bronze sculpture of a life-sized chariot driver.
  • The Charioteer is the only remaining part of a large statue group that included the chariot, grooms, and horses.
  • He has a high waist, which probably looked more natural when he stood on his chariot.
  • The figures are nude, unlike the Charioteer.
  • Charioteer of Delphi.

• Painting in the Greek High Classical Period

  • For example, there is an image believed to depict King Philip II on a chariot pulled by two horses .
  • The scene depicts Hades on his chariot, grasping on to Persephone's nude torso as the pair ride away.
  • Darius III on the other hand commands the battle in desperation from his chariot, as his charioteer removes them from battle.
  • His body position contradicts the motion of his chariot, creating tension between himself and his flight.
  • Man on a Chariot.

• Art of the Persian Empire

  • The gold chariot below demonstrates the precision possible with small sculptures and includes a small votive based on the Egyptian god Bes.
  • Gold chariot from Oxus Treasure, amalgamated from fragments of other objects in the trove

• Sculpture of the Qin Dynasty

  • Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits nearby Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.
  • The figures were constructed in several poses, including standing infantry, kneeling archers, and charioteers with horses.

• Paintings, Macedonian Court Art, and the Alexander Mosaic

  • Darius III on the other hand commands the battle in desperation from his chariot, as his charioteer removes them from battle.
  • His horses flee under the whip of the charioteer and Darius leans outward, stretching out a hand having just thrown a spear.
  • His body position contradicts the motion of his chariot, creating tension between himself and his flight.

• Alexander the Great

  • At the decisive encounter with Alexander at Gaugamela, Darius equipped his chariots with scythes on the wheels to break up the phalanx and equipped his cavalry with pikes.
  • Alexander in turn arranged a double phalanx, with the center advancing at an angle, which parted when the chariots bore down and reformed once they had passed.

• Thai Painting

  • Hanuman on his chariot, a scene from the Ramakien in Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok.

• Compositional Balance

  • The name "radial" or "radius" comes from Latin radius, meaning "ray" but also the spoke of a circular chariot wheel.

• Nubia and Ancient Culture

  • This painting shows Ramses II battling Nubians from his war chariot.