Hellenistic art

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Hellenistic Art

During the campaign of Alexander the Great as the greatest conqueror of his time , his father , Philip of Macedon tried to unite the Greek city-states . During this time , Hellenistic period was born creating a major advancement on their art . It was also in this period , that a global battle in commerce and cultural influences which are apparently dominated by the Greeks

The Greek Hellenistic period span from 323 B .C . up to the Battle of Actio in 31 B .C . The

Hellenistic period paved the way to many transformations of Greek art . Though the Classical concepts in art were not thoroughly abandoned , the birth of the Hellenistic period made the artists create different and unique art concepts . The artists during this time explored and manipulated their imagination on their subject

It was also during this period that higher degree of Naturalism took place as a logical conclusion to great sculptors like Praxitelis and Lysipos whose works demanded for the art representation of the human figure . In a Greek art (Boy Jockey , the bold expression of energy and power during great pressure was represented . The change of focus of the Hellenistic art from religious and naturalistic ideas and concepts to human expressions , psychological concern and theatrical background paved the way to the sculptures that includes the natural physical surroundings with creative landscaping and theatrical groupings

The Nike of Samothrace is a sculpture that embraced the true meaning and understood the world through the application...