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Sunday, April 28, 2013

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.
Posted by Kiley Mc at 8:28 AM
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      • Sarcophagus with reclining couple
      • Laocoon and his sons
      • Nike of Samothrace
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      • Altar of Zeus
      • Battle of Issus
      • Weary Herakles
      • Aphrodite of Knidos
      • Grave Stele of Hegeso
      • Erechtheion
      • Parthenon
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      • Riace Warrior
      • Herakles wrestling Antaios
      • Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game
      • Temple of Hera I
      • Peplos Kore
      • Kouros
      • Lion Gate
      • Snake Goddess
      • Bull-leaping
      • Palace at Knossos
      • Cycladic harp player
      • Figurine of a woman
      • Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
      • Akhenaton
      • Nebamun hunting foul
      • Temple of Amen-Re
      • Mortuary temple of Hepshepsut
      • Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt
      • Menkaure and Khamerernebty
      • Palette of King Narmer
      • Darius' Apadana
      • Ashurbanipal hunting lions
      • Lamassu
      • Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
      • Head Of Akkadian Ruler
      • Banquet Scene, cylinder seal
      • Soundbox of Bull-Headed harp
      • Statuettes of Two Worshippers
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