Mckenna Form marble Function- Was made on the altar to Athena to worship the Goddess. Content- Nike is on the right and is crowing Athena in victory. Context- Found in Pergamon, present day Bergama, Turkey. Change- This is yet another example of how the Hellenistic Greek period used a strong sense of movement and feeling to create their art, compared to the calm, quiet earlier pieces. Artistic intent- Made to represent the many victories of the goddess Athena, especially her victory over the giants.
Form: Function: Show the power of the Greek gods and how that translated to the Greeks Content: Gaia looks on in horror and pleads for the fate of her sons, the giants Context: The battle between the giants and the gods was known as gigantomachy Interpretation: The gods' victory over the giants offers a parallel to Alexander the Great's defeat of the Persians Tradition/Change: The use of spatial illusion was prevalent in greek sculpture
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Function- Was made on the altar to Athena to worship the Goddess.
Content- Nike is on the right and is crowing Athena in victory.
Context- Found in Pergamon, present day Bergama, Turkey.
Change- This is yet another example of how the Hellenistic Greek period used a strong sense of movement and feeling to create their art, compared to the calm, quiet earlier pieces.
Artistic intent- Made to represent the many victories of the goddess Athena, especially her victory over the giants.
Form:
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Content: Gaia looks on in horror and pleads for the fate of her sons, the giants
Context: The battle between the giants and the gods was known as gigantomachy
Interpretation: The gods' victory over the giants offers a parallel to Alexander the Great's defeat of the Persians
Tradition/Change: The use of spatial illusion was prevalent in greek sculpture
Form for the above: The sculpture is around 9 feet tall
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