The " Charioteer of Delphi" is one of the best known ancient Greek staues and one of the best preserved items of classical bronze casts. It is considered a good examp;e of the " Serve" style. The sculpture shows the driver of the chariot race at the moment when he presents his chariot and horses to the spectators in his victory. The Charioteer of Delphi is one of the most important sculptures of ancient Greece because it clearly represents the passage from the Archaic conventions of the Classical ideals. It shows the balance between geometric representations and idealized realism, and capturing the moment in history when the western civilization leaped forward to show its own foundations that braced it for the new millennia. The facial expression of the statue shows none of the same that they would expect a victorious athlet to shows. Instead, the athletic youth stands and stares with a natural ease that allows him to levitate in a space between earthly and divine spaces.
