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April 21, 2012 with 153 notes
        tags: art. art history. marble. head. youth. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. greek. greece. hellenistic.
Marble head of a youth wearing a fillet Greek, Hellenistic, ca. 2nd century B.C. 

Marble head of a youth wearing a fillet

Greek, Hellenistic, ca. 2nd century B.C. 

April 15, 2012 with 45 notes
        tags: art. art history. marble. aphrodite. greek. hellenistic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. statue.
Marble statue of Aphrodite Greek, Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C.

Marble statue of Aphrodite

Greek, Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C.

September 3, 2011 with 85 notes
        tags: art history. ancient greece. hellenistic. sculpture. nike. samothrace. beautiful.
Hellenistic period (ca. 323-30 BCE) Nike of Samothrace (ca. 190 BCE)  In art, both architects and sculptors broke most of the rules of Classical design. Hellenistic sculptors explored new subjects… Artists delighted in depicting violent movement and unbridled emotion (Kleiner, 2009).

Hellenistic period (ca. 323-30 BCE)

Nike of Samothrace (ca. 190 BCE) 

In art, both architects and sculptors broke most of the rules of Classical design. Hellenistic sculptors explored new subjects… Artists delighted in depicting violent movement and unbridled emotion (Kleiner, 2009).

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