ART 141 Lecture 3: ART141, lecture 3 Etruscan Art
Document Summary
Changed the ideal proportions of the human body to match the more slender form of a athlete. Body is 8 heads high, instead of 7 in the classical period. Alexander the great takes power, changing form. Lysippos, portrait of alexander the great, marble, roman copy, 4th c bce. Goes on herm ( suppose to be head and square pillar) Greek for suffering, represents an appeal to the mentions of the audience, and elicits feelings that already reside in them. Trojan priest, have sex with wife infront of statue of apollo sends snake to murder him and sons. Warns trojans not to accept the big wooden horse in which the gods punisheed to kill. Some swords and shields and things found in tombs. Polytheism: divine power everything depicted like this. Native gods (created over the course of thousands of years in italy), 2. Bronze model of a sheep"s liver, piacenza: 120-80 bce.
