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An Endless Relay Race Beijing, China - 2008

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The Olympic Spirit by Anna Chromy - 2005

Nowadays, Olympics is a symbol for peaceful competition and one's not only endless eager of of trying to be the best but also trying to beat their own personal records. To do so, they need to cooperate with others, teammates, coaches and even rivals. They need to have a Olympic spirit - dedication, tenacity and determination to pursue excellence

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The Flair (or Flair Across America) by Richard Macdonald - 1996

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One of the most traditional and well-known symbols of the Olympic Games is the Olympic Torch which travels through some of the main cities in the host country of the Olympics. From Ancient Greece to the present days, traditions from their origins are preserved and so, the Olympic Torch is one of them. In all the years of the Olympics, 100 days before the competitions start, the fire that will light the Olympic pyre is lit in a torch, in the city of Olympia, Greece, from the sunlight and it is directed to the host city of the Games. The Torch relay, which was canceled this year due to the COVID 19 outbreak, represents a Greek legend. According to this legend, Prometheus, a titan, who defended the humans, would have stolen Zeus' fire and handed it over to humanity. The fire, in this case, represents the wisdom of the gods. And so, the Games would be illuminated by that wisdom.

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Olympic Torch - flame torch ever to be used during the torch run. Berlin 1936

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OLYMPIA – BERLIN – 1936

An Important Pair of German Bronze Sculptures of Olympic Athletes, after the monumental marble versions from 'The 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games'
two bronze figural sculptures, each depicting the first torch run ever executed for the olympic games, showing two athletic nudes, running in relay, captured mid-stride, respectively carrying aloft a gilt oak leaf branch and wreath; mounted on yellow marble stone bases with applied bronze titles 'OLYMPIA – BERLIN – 1936'

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25323/lot/38/?category=list

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The popularity of the sculpture in antiquity was no doubt due to its representation of the athletic ideal. Discus-throwing was the first element in the pentathlon, and while pentathletes were in some ways considered inferior to those athletes who excelled at a particular sport, their physical appearance was much admired.Victor statues were intended to immortalize successful athletes. Sculptors favored bronze for athletic statues, perhaps because it better represented tanned, oiled skin, but many were carved from marble. They were set on bases inscribed with a dedication to a god, the athlete’s name, father’s name, home town and contest.

"Khan Academy"
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/greek-art/beginners-guide-greece/a/olympic-games

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Myron, Discobolus (Discus Thrower). Roman copy of an ancient Greek bronze from c. 450 BCE.

The Discobolus: marble statue of an athlete stooping to throw the discus. One of several Roman copies made of a lost bronze original made in the 5th century BC by the sculptor Myron. Coiled with athletic energy, balance, and the promise of movement, see the potential of an idealized human body.

https://smarthistory.org/myron-discobolus-discus-thrower/

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Wrestling, from Games in Palaestra, Relief, c. 510 BCE Attic Greek

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Apollonius, Boxer at Rest c. 100-50 BCE

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VISUALIZING ANCIENT AND MODER OLYMPICS: ART THROUGH TIME

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It is well known by people who follow sports that the world has the Modern Olympic Games every four years, an event that brings both winter and summer sports such as boxing, soccer, track and field and many others, where athletes representing their nations compete amongst themselves to know who is the best in their sport. The first Olympics took place in Greece during the year of 776 - although there are ancient sports competitions dated hundreds of years before this - where it is named as the Ancient Olympics. It is not so well known that since the first Modern Olympics event, in Athens in 1896, only four times it happened to be canceled or postponed: 1916 because of the outbreak of World War I, 1940 and 1944 due to the World War II and during 2020 because of the pandemic caused by COVID 19. A sad moment for all the sports, athletes and fans as they will all have to wait until 2021 for this year's postponed event. In place of the delayed games, let’s look at art through history that celebrate sport.