Kroiso Statue Analysis

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The Kroisos statue and The Nike of Samothrace I feel are the two most uniquely presentment of the human form of that time. They both show very beautiful and elegant portrayals of the human body, and I feel that it may be amplified of human body. In the Hellenistic art, they form emotion of the art as either very serious to very emotional. In one of Kroiso statue the face expression is very over dramatic with the smiles. In the Sleeping Satyr statue the face expression is very serious and he is also laying down in a very awkward position. Also In the Hellenistic art, they show distinctive differences among women and man. The man statue which are called kroisos are usually not clothed and the women called Kore are seen to be clothed. In one statue

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