Olympia Triumphans
Olympia Triumphans is a sculpture by the sculptor Martin Mayer .
The large bronze sculpture was set up in 1972 in the Olympic Park in Munich. The Olympia Triumphans represents a mighty and powerful athlete who balances with her hands on a ball. She spreads her legs towards the sky.
The work has a height of 5.10 m, of which 1.25 m is accounted for by the base. The bronze casting was carried out by the Werner Braun ore foundry, the concrete base by Heilmann & Littmann .
The Latin inscription in capital letters on the sphere reads:
OLYMPIA TRIUMPHANS
PER NATURAM AD ARTEM
PER ARTEM AD NATURAM
AD HOMINUM PIETATEM
AD HUMANITATEM
EXTRUENDAM
The translation for this is:
Triumphant Olympia
Through nature to art
Through art to nature
To edify mankind To build up
humanity
Literature and web links
- Olympia Triumphans: Sculpture Architecture Landscape. Callwey Verlag, Munich 1992. 32 pages, greeting from Christian Ude, introduction by Werner Haftmann, photos by Herbert List and Martin Mayer.
- Claudia Mayr, Martha Schad: Women in bronze and stone - Munich . Stiebner Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-8307-1043-1 , p. 110 f.
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 13.4 ″ N , 11 ° 32 ′ 32.4 ″ E