Doidalsas

...Drunken Old Woman and Sleeping Satyr, which depict everyday scenes, Dead Gaul, which depicts the tragic end of a foreigner, Laocoön, which depicts the agony of death, Nike of Samothrace, which is full of powerful movement, and Zeus Altar relief in Pergamon, Battle of the Gods and Giants, which depicts a complex battle scene with strong light and dark effects, are examples of the characteristics of Hellenistic art. Nude representations of Aphrodite, which began in the 4th century BC, were particularly popular during this period, and many statues of the goddess were produced, including the famous Venus de Milo, Venus Medici, Venus Capitoline, and Venus of Cyrene, as well as the crouching Aphrodite type created by Doidalsas in the 3rd century BC. However, many of them had diluted their former divinity and were transformed into works that glorified the mature, voluptuous female body in the name of the goddess. ...

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…日常的情景を写した《酔える老婆》《眠るサテュロス》，悲劇的な異邦人の最期を写した《死のガリア人》，断末魔の苦痛を表す《ラオコオン》，力強い運動感にあふれる《サモトラケのニケ》，強い明暗効果の中で錯綜した闘争場面を表すペルガモンのゼウス祭壇浮彫《神々と巨人の戦い》などは，ヘレニズム美術の特徴をよく示している。前4世紀に始まるアフロディテの裸体表現は，この時代にとくに愛好され，有名な《ミロのビーナス》をはじめ《メディチのビーナス》《カピトリーノのビーナス》《キュレネのビーナス》などの立像や，前3世紀にドイダルサスDoidalsasが創始した《うずくまるアフロディテ》型の女神像が数多く制作された。しかし，その多くはかつての神性を希薄にし，女神の名のもとに成熟した豊満な女性の肉体を賛美するものに変わっていた。…

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