The work I chose to write about this week is the Dying Warrior that we studied in class. The warriors are wounded on the ground and it appears that they are struggling to get up even though their wounds are beyond repair. Even though they are hurt so badly they still seem to appear to balance gracefully on their sides. On their faces there is a small smile known as the archaic smile that makes them look content even in near death. The texture of the skin is so much more realistic than ever before. It almost looks like silk because it’s so smooth. Also, the facial features and body types are much more proportional to real life. The materials used were a hard stone or marble. There are also many strong diagonal lines in these pieces that represent motion and movement.
The sculptures come from Athena in around 490 BCE. They were made to be put on the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia. It represents the struggles of ancient Greek and a tribute to the men lost in war. Since then they were taken down and are now seen as sculptures on their own. However at the time they were used to decorate architecture and to communicate a message of war and history to the people.
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