ART HIS 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Praxiteles, Ancient Greek Temple, Pandrosus
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It is believed that the statue of athena in the parthenon (athena. Praxiteles unlocked something within men: no statue had ever interacted with viewers in this way, men had ever been aroused by a statue before xii. Bathing was a mortal act: after the spartan victory, the gods were viewed as infallible xiii. Her figure: she is not a curvy woman, she has a slimmer, athletic build, she has narrow hips, this is considered attractive during this period, she does not seem like a mother, she looks rather boyish. Indicates swiftness: the diagonal and curving lines indicate movement, his wife, however, is almost lifeless, her body is limp and lifeless, her drapery is in disarray, there is not a single frontal view of the statue. It must be approached from multiple angles to see the scene: requires the viewer to move around it and analyze it, once again creates interaction between the statue and the people.
