Hermes Vs Praxiteles

The art that really fascinates me is the sculptures from back then. I love looking at sculptures because throughout time you can see the different styles that developed over time. Going back the time line there are many sculptures that show the culture of that period. The ones I decided to talk about are two sculptures from the Late Classical Period, The two pieces I chose to write about is the Hermes and the Infant Dionysos and oo. Both of these pieces were created by a popular sculptor named Praxiteles. In the beginning of the 4th century the Athenian culture began to change because of the Peloponnesian War. The art started to move away from Phidias’s style of art and went to a, “more humanized, personal view of the world and the gods.”