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this is a art class
You may cut and paste my questions into your thread with your responses: 1) The Altar of Pergamon celebrates the defeat of which group of people? 2) The art work on the frieze around the altar shows what (what is the subject)? 3) How do we know the Dying Gaul/Dying Gallic Trumpeter is not from Greece? In preparation for the next class, look over the Etruscan chapter and answer the following: 1) Were Etruscan temples like Greek Temples? What is similar? What is different? 2) Using the Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple from Ceverteri - how did the Etruscans view the afterlife? What is this couple meant to be doing in the afterlife?Explanation / Answer
part 1)
1.gauls
2. the battle of Gods and Giants
3.The composition of the Dying Gaul consists of a wounded warrior propping up his fallen body with his right hand. Blood can be seen dripping from the wound in his right side. He is heroically nude, except for a torque around his neck that, along with his full head of hair and his mustache, serves to indicate that he is a Gaul.it is roman copy.
part2)
1.similarities:
Both cultures used three different columns in temple building. The Doric is thick and with very little decoration. The Ionic is a thinner slightly more ornate column. The Corinthian style is a highly ornate column that is decorated at both the top and bottom with intricate designs and artwork.Roman temples, like Greek temples, were generally rectangular, axial-plan structures or circular, central-plan structures.
differences:
Greek Temples vs. Etruscan Temples
2. It depicts a married couple reclining at a banquet together in the afterlife. They are both smiling and expressing affection, which contrasts Greek art. Because this is a funerary piece it could mean a positive attitude towards life and death. She is in the process of pouring perfume into his hand, she is making the gesture of offering perfume, another essential component of funerary ritual. In her left hand she is holding a small, round object, possibly a pomegranate, a symbol of immortality.
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