ARTH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Theatricality, Sleeping Ariadne, Darius Iii
23 Mar 2016
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Lecture 5: 30/09/2015 the classical ideal ii. Lapith fighing a centaur: south side of parthenon ca. Signiicant moment in depicion of a paricular scene, captures the essence of an historical or mythological episode. Realism of the male body, but its idealizaion as well. A moment of struggle, but depicted as a imeless, staic event. An athleic ballet , pretext to show muscular features. Perfect moment of pause within a luid acion. Young women and men: detail of the procession from the ionic freeze on the east side of the. Subject: great panathenaic procession held every 4 years (in honor of athena) The women of the city carried a new wool peplos to the acropolis sanctuary to clothe an ancient wooden cult statue of athena. Bas-relief: sculpture slightly raised from lat background. Composite of two similar roman copies ater the original marble. Female nude not as common in greek art as male nude.
