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Mythos Olympia. Kult und Spiele

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Dec 31st, 2012. Artwork published in .
Mythos Olympia. Kult und Spiele 1
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The exhibition Olympia: Myth – Cult – Games in Antiquity “is devoted to the ancient Olympia shrine and its cult and to the contests held there that are revived every four years in the modern Olympic Games.” If you happen to be in Berlin, you have one more week to go and see it at the Martin-Gropius-Bau.

Steenbrink Vormgeving made use of the geometric ‘O’ in Neutraface and created a wordmark with interlocking lines. This way, they avoided picturing the ubiquitous Olympic rings, and still alluded to this famous symbol.

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Marble statue of an athlete from Eleusis. 2nd c. BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. © The Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. Archaeological Receipts Fund. Foto: John Patrikianos
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Marble statue of an athlete from Eleusis. 2nd c. BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. © The Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. Archaeological Receipts Fund. Foto: John Patrikianos

Bronze statuette of a runner with the engraved votive inscription I belong to Zeus. Bronze, late archaic, ca 490 BC. Archaeological Museum Olympia. © The Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. Archaeological Receipts Fund. Foto: Socratis Mavrommatis
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Bronze statuette of a runner with the engraved votive inscription I belong to Zeus. Bronze, late archaic, ca 490 BC. Archaeological Museum Olympia. © The Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. Archaeological Receipts Fund. Foto: Socratis Mavrommatis

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