Sarcophagus with reclining couple

Sarcophagus with reclining couple, Cerveteri, 520 BCE. Painted terracotta, 3' 9 1/2" x 6' 7" Etruscan
Focus on upper half and emphatic gestures are Etruscan hallmarks.

Laocoon and his sons

Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes, Laocoon and his sons, Rome, early century CE. Marble, 7' 10 1/2" high. Hellenistic

Nike of Samothrace

Nike alighting on a warship, from Samothrace, 190 BCE. Marble, Nike 8' 1" high. Hellenistic.
Wind swept drapery, placement in a fountain of splashing water heightened the dramatic visual effect.

Gallic chieftain killing himself and his wife

Epigonos, Gallic chieftain killing himself and his wife,. Roman copy of a bronze statue from Pergamon. 230-220 BCE. Marble, 6' 11" high. Hellenistic

Altar of Zeus

Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, Turkey, 175 BCE. Hellenistic.
Frieze of battle of gods and giants alludes to the victory of King Attlos over the Gauls of Asia Minor.

Athena battling Alkyoneos, detail of gigantomachy frieze, Altar of Zeus, Pergamon. 175 BCE, Marble, 7' 6" high.
Emotional power unparalleled in earlier Greek art. Violent movement, swirling draperie, and vivid depictions of suffering.

Battle of Issus

Philoxenos of Eretria, Battle of Issus, 310 BCE. Roman copy, late second or early first century BCE. Tessera mosaic, 8' 10"x16' 9", Court of Alexander the Great
Foreshortening, modeling of color, reflections, shadows, psychological intensity of warfare.

Weary Herakles

Lysippos, Weary Herakles. Roman statue from baths of Caracalla, Rome, based on bronze 320 BCE. Marble, 10' 5" high. Late Classical.