VIC204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Europe 1, Mimesis
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Gree(cid:374)(cid:271)erg(cid:859)s (cid:373)a(cid:374)ifesto: the newer laoc on: aspect of art functioning as a paradigm; reference to a particular constant in art. Painterly abstraction in visual art functioning in that paradigmatic way: the title: analogizing abstract painting with laoc on. One of the only ancient works of sculpture that matches descriptions of a specific sculpture in ancient writing. Representation of suffering in the laoc on; unique subject: recovery of the statue. Excavation of ancient baths in rome; excavators find this statue. B. c. , give or take a century: origin of the sculpture: believed by some to be a roman copy of an older greek statue in bronze. Immediately bid on when recovered in the 16th century, and won by the pope. Becomes one of the most important statues in the vatican. Almost immediately, multiple versions of the laoc on circulate. In early modern history: dissemination of art triggered by casts commissioned by french king.