AR_H_A 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Pathos, Ionic Order, Amazonomachy
30 May 2016
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Figure is cleaning the dirt and sweat off him by scraping. Difference from praaxiteles style: his figures are really tall and slinder, kind of more square head. Action with hands is pushing the action way out into the 3rd demension. The viewer is engaged in this way. (through action) Bodrum, ancient halikarnassos, site of mausoleion (tomb of mausolus) o o. Bce 350 (date is good for all 4th century stuff) Not a sculpture of beauty but power. 6 levels of sculptures (top to bottom) So he highered a team of greek sculptures to build this. Amazon frieze - amazonomachy, battle of greeks against amazons. Challenge: how to make visible from the ground. New invention (tool for sculptur) : running drill - makes it easier to make parrallel lines. Again the running drill allows for lots of play with the folds. Whats new: seeing a lot of play with portraiture o. Early portraits of alexander the great c. 336.
