ART HIS 40A Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Darius Iii, Lightning
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Floor mosaic, from house of the faun, pompeii: alexander and darius iii in battle. A roman version of a wall painting made ca. 310 bce: darius iii, sees all is lost, gesture seems to ask for mercy, about to flee, polished shield, soldier getting trampled. Dying gaul: marble, roman-period version of bronze, pergamene original extreme emotion on sculptures emotion and suffering, how pathos can be expressed through sculpture. Suicidal gaul, marble version of bronze, pergamene original of ca. 230 bce: defeated people don"t want women to become concubine, men slaves or killed hypothetical reconstruction with gauls arranged on a linear monument another hypothetical reconstruction with gauls on round base feature defeated, not brave. Model and plan, altar of zeus and athena, pergamon inside out and turned around style. Zeus throw lightning bolts; his eagle is in the upper right: athena pushes down alcyoneus; his mother gaia reacts; nike crowns athena.
