G153

Marble

#14

Marble #14


Greek 6- 4 BCE

Mary and Michael Jaharis Gallery

Diadoumenos

  • Thorax and pelvis tilt in opposite directions, setting up rhythmic contrast in the torso that create an impression of organic vitality

  • Polykleitos developed the half standing walking pose

/ the headless one has a vein across right shoulder

Athena Medici

  • Acrolithic

Great Eleusinian Relief

/ eyes of two goddess are so 3d, monumental, large like high classical - comparing to relief figures in general and Triptolemos in the middle

0728686 Krater

  • fully frontal view of an Amazon rider

  • many spatial planes strain the implicitly shallow stage of the black vase background

Cornucopia

Maenads move forward trancelike - state of semi-consciousness, deep contemplation, or daze

285723 Krater

/ landscape: rocky outcrop

First ever nude female deity: Aprodite of Knidos, Praxiteles, 4th BC

  • Caught unaware emerge from bath 

/ flame like fabric hanging aside

What distinguishes Greek original?

  • crinkly lien of chiton and heavier wool of himation (cloak) are carefully distinguished

  • my theory: large diagonal fold and beneath it a cascade, storm-force perpendicular drapery.

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