Late Classical and Hellenistic Sculpture |
Hellenistic sculptors departed from the heroic themes of classical art. They extended the range of subject matter and their works of art are often more realistic than ideal. Instead of emphasizing reason and order, as classical sculptors often did, they depicted emotions such as pain or eroticism. The nude female statue now appeared as well. So did new subjects -- such as ugly old woman, sentimental children, intoxicated satyrs and beggars, and ethnic peoples who inhabited the much more cosmopolitan Hellenistic world.
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