deeper equation of Laocoön and His Sons Three-dimensional statues harbor the ability to capture in depth scenes giving a powerful appeal to historical figures and allowing them to communicate both factual and fictional scenes. In Greek sculptor’s Athenodoros‚ Polydorus‚ and Agesander of Rhodes’ piece titled‚ Laocoön and His Sons (Fig.1)‚ also known as the Laocoön Group‚ the artists created a three-dimensional statue of three men whose bodies are ensnared by two serpents‚ the man in the
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The artwork is The Hope Athena was carved using marble by the Romans at the School of Pheidias. This is a 2nd century copy after a Greek original of the late 5th century BC. The sculpture is located at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Hope Athena sculpture is simple to complex in the way that the statue was created to the display by the museum. There are many details that can be noticed when looking up closely from the head to the toes of the sculpture. The first detail is the head of Athena;
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foundation in order to fit their plans. They also had to figure out how they were going to get all that marble from Mt. Pentelicon to the construction site. This was one of the most difficult tasks as the marble blocks were extremely heavy. The men only had access to simple tools such as pulleys‚ levers‚ and ropes. This led to many accidents as sometimes the ropes would break and huge marbles would slide down the mountain causing a lot of injuries in their wake. It is said that one of the stones
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amazing and the architecture had to tell a story. In the classical period the statues in Greece became more natural. Instead of statues of gods there were statues of real people doing everyday things. The kouros statue‚ which means boy in Greek‚ was one of the earliest statues. It was from the archaic period. It had long stylized‚ detailed hair‚ and the statue was naked. The kouros was usually carved from marble. The female counterpart to the kouros was kore which means girl in Greek. They
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Male Statuette Statue of a Kouros (youth) Accession Number: 26.7.1410 Accession Number: 32.11.1 This essay will analyze the differences and similarities between two sculptures that are from different cultures‚ and time periods‚ namely the Greek statue of a Kouros (youth)‚ dated to ca. 590 – 580 B.C. The Egyptian Male statuette was made between the 12th and 18th
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Their historical importance as symbols‚ their sculptural mediums‚ styles and dimensions‚ and their functions make them historically relevant. The Reduced Replica of Athena Parthenos - at the MFA in Boston is a marble statue which depicts a graceful‚ robed female icon. The statue has lost both arms‚ and is dressed in a chiton Athena ‚ also referred to as Minerva‚ the Maiden‚ or Parthenos was the Favorite daughter of Zeus. Legend states that she was not generated by any woman with Zeus‚ but
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believe how spectacular the original David looked in person. In its current home at the Accademia‚ it stands there perfectly under the biggest dome in the building at the end of the hall from unfinished Michelangelo sculptures. As you walk towards the statue I felt as if it were under a spotlight‚ grabbing everyone’s attention that walks by it. The first time I stared at it‚ I could not help but to notice the impeccable detail in the human body. This sculpture defines where all of a very fit male’s muscles
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Promachos‚ the Lemnian Athena‚ and the colossal Athena Parthenos for the Parthenon) and the colossal seated Zeus for the Temple of Zeus at Olympia” (Britannica). His last major project‚ the statue of Zeus‚ is considered one of his greatest masterpieces‚ along with the Athena Parthenos. After completing the statue of Zeus‚ Phidias died less than a year later in 430 b.c. More than 2000 years later‚ architect Henry Bacon toured Europe and was inspired by the buildings he saw in Greece‚ including those
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in the human spirit." The memorial‚ which was designed by Henry Bacon‚ was inspired by the Athenian Parthenon‚ and its structure was erected along the banks of River Potomac. The Lincoln Memorial is comprised of thirty six columns made of Colorado marble. Each column‚ which is 13.4 metres or 44 feet high‚ represents a state in the Union in 1865 (the time of the death of Lincoln). Listed above the colonnade are the names of the forty eight neighboring states and the dates of their Union admission‚
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will cover the materials and techniques used during this period of Greek art‚ the relation of certain styles to one another‚ the function of the artworks‚ its subject matter‚ and the social or religious meaning and context. As illustrated in the marble sculptures of the Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace and the Aphrodite‚ Pan and Eros‚ the Hellenistic era exposed such expansion with dramatic posing‚ sweeping lines‚ and high contrast of light and shadow allowing artists of this period to explore
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