1. to observe closely and to describe clearly the visual characteristics of two works of art.
2. to imagine and describe how these characteristics affect (or might affect) a viewer’s experience of each work of art.
3. to identify and describe clearly similarities and differences between the two works.
4. to enjoy doing this!
The Two Works:
1. Herakles Farnese (now in the Naples Archaeological Museum): an over-lifesize, marble sculpture, made to decorate the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (early 2nd c. CE), signed by the copyist Glykon of Athens, but closely based on a lost bronze original Resting Herakles by Lysippos (c. 350-300 BCE).
2. Seated Philosopher Statuette (now in the British Museum: BM GR 1865.7-12.1, = Bronze 848.): a
modest-sized bronze statuette, either a Hellenistic original or a Roman version of the 1st c. CE.
Illustrations:
Herakles: Stewart, AHW p. 115, fig. 63
Some other views:
http://ancientrome.ru/art/artworken/img.htm?id=6567
http://ancientrome.ru/art/artworken/img.htm?id=6565
Seated Philosopher: Stewart, AHW p. 142, fig. 79
http://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00187/AN00187505_001_m.jpg
http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/data/13030/b0/ft3f59n8b0/figures/ft3f59n8b0 00059.jpg https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/data/13030/b0/ft3f59n8b0/figures/ft3f59n8b0_00060.jpg
Two Male Figures: the Farnese Hercules and a Seated Philosopher statuette in the British Museum
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