ARTH 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Paeonius, Long Corridor, Hippodamus Of Miletus
7 Jan 2018
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Hellenistic period (150-130 bc: stoa-characteristic hellenistic building with a long corridor, usually for merchants-commercial, entertainment. Hellenistic period: blending, dramatic effect of shapes, vitality of shipping and commerce in the hellenistic period. Hippodamian plan-city plan regularized design, creation of districts. The question will center on a major theme that we have discussed in class. The depicted statue belongs to the greek culture, classical period. This is known with the advances in physical features and sophrosene (self control, staring out into the world), idealized, fit body. The figures contropasto pose, depicts a relaxed, s-curve of his body. It is an original, known by the medium which is bronze (preferred medium in classical period). If it was a copy, most likely in marble and had a base and support. The figure has a very fit physique and is depicted nude, which was how athletes and heros, possible a warrior, were depicted. Similars: riache warrior a and statue of dyphorius.
