Individual Blog: Part I

                             I find this sculpture to be a very insightful sculpture because like we said in class "it is more realistic". This figure does not have the Archaeic smile, so it looks as if it is a real sculpture of an actual death. The veins of and muscles are showing in his arms to make it look even more real, which is why I like this figure so much. Many of the art from these time periods are very stylistic and don't look natural. "The twisted body that we see is looks as if it is capable of turning in space", so it gives the figure more meaning. He is obviously a fallen warrior, so he is "balanced on his shield" to try to catch himself. He even has a helmet on, in comparison to the Dying Warrior that was created a decade before it who has on, it looks to be, a wig. He does not physically resemble a warrior at all. He even had the Archaeic smile on his face, which is traditional of the art in this time period, that makes him look as if he is happy about the situation he is in.

                            Him being a fallen warrior along with his buldging veins and muscles, lets us be able to imagine and visualize how much pain he is actually in. We can even see the straining on his face that is the first sign of pain. That is something that lets you know that it is realistic because we are able to imagine what is going ton at the time. We can put ourselves in his situation and feel what he feels just by looking at it, and that is one of the main objectives of art. This is an excellent example of art in itself.