Laocoon And his sons
Laocoön and His Sons
"The prototypical icon of human agony", The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also known as Laocoön Group has been praised in high term ever since its excavation from The vineyard of Felice De Fredis, Rome in 1506. Today it remains in the public display at Museo Pio-Clementino, a part of the Vatican Museum, Vatican City. This essay is an attempt to address the marble sculpture which is considered a work of high art, of great value and significance to the species.
The tale of The Trojan Horse sets the background for the famous Marble sculpture. In the tale, the Trojan War had been going on for ten years; The Greeks concocted a plan as a last effort at finally defeating the Trojans. They constructed a huge wooden horse and hid an army of men inside of it. Appearing to abandon the war and sail home, they left behind the massive wooden horse. The Trojans gathered outside the city to try and figure out what to do with the horse. Laocoön (a priest of Apollo or sometimes Poseidon) encouraged them not to accept it. He warned them not to trust the Greeks and their gifts. While Laocoön Spoke about this, Poseidon sent sea serpents to stop him from speaking. Laocoön and his sons were strangled to death by the sea serpents. After witnessing this tragic event, the Trojans believed Poseidon punished Laocoön for telling lies, so they accepted the gift; they wheeled it into the city as a victory trophy. During the same night, the small Greek army inside of the wooden horse crept out and let the rest of the army in through the gates of the city. They destroyed the city of Troy, thus ending the war.
The story lives on with the remarkable sculpture created by
Hagesandoros, Polydoros, and Athenodoros. The statue itself is one of the most famous sculptures of Greek and Roman antiquity,
The life size statue manages to capture the agony three people are going through in that situation. The two serpents, in attacking the three figures, produce the most
"The prototypical icon of human agony", The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also known as Laocoön Group has been praised in high term ever since its excavation from The vineyard of Felice De Fredis, Rome in 1506. Today it remains in the public display at Museo Pio-Clementino, a part of the Vatican Museum, Vatican City. This essay is an attempt to address the marble sculpture which is considered a work of high art, of great value and significance to the species.
The tale of The Trojan Horse sets the background for the famous Marble sculpture. In the tale, the Trojan War had been going on for ten years; The Greeks concocted a plan as a last effort at finally defeating the Trojans. They constructed a huge wooden horse and hid an army of men inside of it. Appearing to abandon the war and sail home, they left behind the massive wooden horse. The Trojans gathered outside the city to try and figure out what to do with the horse. Laocoön (a priest of Apollo or sometimes Poseidon) encouraged them not to accept it. He warned them not to trust the Greeks and their gifts. While Laocoön Spoke about this, Poseidon sent sea serpents to stop him from speaking. Laocoön and his sons were strangled to death by the sea serpents. After witnessing this tragic event, the Trojans believed Poseidon punished Laocoön for telling lies, so they accepted the gift; they wheeled it into the city as a victory trophy. During the same night, the small Greek army inside of the wooden horse crept out and let the rest of the army in through the gates of the city. They destroyed the city of Troy, thus ending the war.
The story lives on with the remarkable sculpture created by
Hagesandoros, Polydoros, and Athenodoros. The statue itself is one of the most famous sculptures of Greek and Roman antiquity,
The life size statue manages to capture the agony three people are going through in that situation. The two serpents, in attacking the three figures, produce the most