ARTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Niobids, Farnese Hercules, Toga
14 Apr 2016
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Gravestone with her name on the top. Servant girl hands her a jewelry box for the deceased woman. Classical well-proportioned curves: well balanced, body underneath the drapery (natural) Used to be the finest example of classical greek. Classical: contrapposto, no facial expression, parabolic, rhythmic curves. Daughter of niobi beautiful sons and daughters: hubris pride that her sons were better looking than the gods, apollo shot down the sons. Niobid is wearing a himation rectangle of cloth (bedsheet: will fall if you move too quickly, while running, she is shot in the back and the cloth slips. Mythological character from centuries before; nobody cares that her body is exposed. Farnese collection in the farnese family in rome. Fig leaf to cover, but it wasn"t there in the original. Not as idealized as the doryphoros statue: but it"s more classical than it looks. One of the earliest hellenistic works: hellenistic period: around 350-0 bc.
