http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/RiaceWarrior.htm http://artandaesthetics.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/laocoon-an-analysis/ http://www.sikyon.com/sicyon/Polykleitos/polycl_egpg1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polykleitos Appendix The Laocoon group. Marble. 1st century A.D. Venus de Milo Alexandros of Antioch 130-100 BC Bronzi di Riace 460–430 B
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House of the Fawn. These houses are characterised by “atrium” courtyards and quite simply replaced the homes that had been constructed in the 3rd and 4th Century as they had been poorly built. The House of the Fawn gained its name from the bronze statue of the dancing fawn. This was found on the lip of the Impluvium‚ which was a basin for collecting rainwater. Fawns were spirits of the woodland which the Romans associated with Pan and Stayrs and the followers of the Greek God Dionysos. This explains
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Essay Topic 4: Augustus made significant urban and architectural interventions on the city of Rome. Choose three buildings/monuments related to his reign and discuss how they reflect his impact. What representational messages were they designed to convey? Many architectural and urban forms and elements that we witness today are largely influenced by how buildings were design and laid in Rome. Not only in terms of its external design that brought upon important messages but the design of interiors
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first produced 1979. 13. Augustus St. Gaudens. Double Eagle ($20 Gold Piece)‚ first produced 1907. 14. Portrait of Augustus St. Gaudens. 15. Obverse of Double Eagle showing Liberty with torch and olive branch. 16. Nike of Samothrace‚ ancient Greek marble statue‚ c. 200 B.C. 17. Eugène Delacroix. Liberty Leading the People‚ 1830. Oil painting. 18. Photo of Isadora Duncan performing her barefoot dance. Important Names and Terms. Be prepared to recognize‚ define‚ or discuss any of these items in a future
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of ating someone. Murder-the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. The assassignation of the Roman emperor Commodus was just because he was a self-centered emperor‚ who put himself as the Greek God Hercules‚ he made the people of Rome build him statues;however some believeed that since he was a dissapointment to his father he was trying to a great emperor. According to www.ancient.eu/commodus/ ‚ in his early life‚ Commodus full name was Lucius Aurelius Commodus. He was born
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Baccio Bandinelli: The Self-Elevation of a Renaissance Artist Bartolommeo “Baccio” Bandinelli was a Florentine sculpture‚ painter‚ and draftsman in the early sixteenth century. Bandinelli practiced his craft during the same period as the famous Michelangelo‚ who painted the Sistine Chapel‚ and considered himself Michelangelo’s rival in sculpting. Many critiqued Bandinelli at the time of his work‚ claiming that his pieces were not as great as Michelangelo or other artists of the time. Despite
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Cellini’s statue of ‘Perseus holding the Head of Medusa’ (Figure 1) and Parmigianino’s painting ‘Madonna of the long neck’ (Figure 2) are both prime examples of Mannerist art. The Mannerists sought to weave a refined‚ idealized and graceful visual style with arcane‚ complicated iconography to create artworks of complexity and elegance. This essay will discuss hoe both artists differ in technique and will demonstrate a contrast between the highly political significance of Cellini’s statue and Parmigianino’s
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Herakles‚ later known by the Romans as Hercules‚ is one of the most well-known mythological beings in all of the ancient world and the world today. He was a half-man and half-god‚ being the son of Zeus and a mortal woman. The story of the mortal god Herakles‚ is one of great tragedy and redemption. When the jealous wife of Zeus‚ Hera‚ still cannot forgive her husband for the adultery he committed‚ she sends Herakles insane and causes him to unwilling kill his wife and children. Following that tragic
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a Greek bronze statue of ca. 430 B.C. by Polykleitos; known as Fragments of a marble statue of Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head). It is a statue of a naked young robust man adorning his head with a diadem. The stone sculpture stands at about seventy three inches high. It’s about a size of an average man. It is a magnificent statue carved out of marble and very well replicated by an unknown Roman artist. Dated from the Flavian period‚ A.D. 69-96‚ the Roman marble sculpture of the
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Analysis of Sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysus and the Seasons A sarcophagus is a container or coffin that is used to bury dead human bodies. The materials used in this sarcophagus are marble which is luxurious and most expensive material and follow by stone‚ lead and wood. In the front panel of the sarcophagus are the figures of the Greek god Dionysus. The scale of Dionysus is much more biggest when compare with the four seasons and the Bacchus or cultic objects which carved only with a
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