ARTH 120 Lecture 4: Notes (Oct 3, 2017)
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Arth 120: week 4 lecture notes (oct 3, 2017) Praxiteles: famous sculptor, survived in writings from antiquity, greek originals don"t generally exist, so we have roman copies today, rome was obsessed with greek culture. Hermes and the infant dionysus, roman copy after original by praxiteles (original from 320- Aphrodite of knidos, roman copy after original by praxiteles (original from 340-330 bce: copy of praxiteles" most scandalous work up until now, very few female nudes are seen, usually fertility symbols (ex. **we create our own vision of the past that"s comfortable and censored. Not all greek art was made for democratic athens, much was made for autocratic satellite states: greek democracy wasn"t how we see it today. Hagesandros, polydorus, and athenodorus of rhodes, laoco n (hellenistic / 3rd-2nd century. Great altar of zeus (166-156 bce / pergamon: shown at berlin museum, huge.
