Doryphoros: A Greek Art Study

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Many culture throughout time have influenced and contributed development in styles and context of art. However, none can top the exponential changes the Greeks and the Romans brought to the world of art with vivid and jaw-dropping proportions and exploration of human anatomy in their own unique perspectives. Though many Romans were enchanted and heavily influenced by the Greek’s artwork, they flourished and developed changes that morphe and reinvent the idea of realism versus idealized realism. The first piece chosen for this study is called “Weary Herakles” by the Greek sculptor LYSIPPOS created 320 BCE. It stands a total of ten feet and five inch high, a roman marble copy from the bronze original and is considered a lost piece. It resided in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy, but has since been relocated to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (Gardner and Kleiner). The second piece chosen for this study is called “Heroic portrait of Trebonianus Gallaus” and it was created around 251-253 CE. It stands a total of seven feet and eleven inches and made from bronze, …show more content…
Similarly to his work of the “Doryphoros”, LYSIPPOS created this sculpture for the purpose of the inspiring competitors in the Baths of Caracalla that had come to exercise using an iconic figure as Herakles (Gardner and Kleiner). The sculpture represents Herakles completing the twelve labors as “depicted with the skin of the Nemean lion (reminding of his first labor) as well as the Apples of the Hesperides behind his back (indicating his last labor), which together represent the complete dodekathlos (twelve labors) of Herakles” (Perseus). This story is about “the emphasis on his tiredness after the hard work of hefting up the heavens indicates that the Farnese Hercules is a very human hero” (University of
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