Analysis of Centaur Abducting Woman with Fallen Lapith Man

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Miscellaneous

 

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Pearlie J

 

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March 28, 2014

 

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University

 

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The lines and curves of the sculpture give each character within it great definition. It almost appears though, from the way in which the centaur holds the woman, that he has no head. This adds to the already existing complexity of the sculpture. It is very similar to other sculptures of the Classical period in the way that it depicts a man at death's doorstep, and a woman being abducted...
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It seems to be a reoccurring theme. The sculpture is done in a monochromatic brown hue. It depicts a valiant centaur with a Lapith woman slung over his shoulder. A Lapith man lies dead at the centaur's feet. Given such little information about the context of the sculpture, one is likely to assume that the centaur was after the woman alone, and not some larger goal, like taking over the township in which she lived...
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