Compare & Contrast Two Sculptures: The Hope Athena and The Hope Hygeia
The Hope Athena is a beautiful sculptured piece. I was stunned by thesize of the statue but even more amazed at the lifelike qualities of thepiece. I was impressed by the amount of detail that I could see in boththe Hope Athena and the Hope Hygeia. My eyes were immediately drawn to thefolds in Athena's robes. The layers and how they fell across her body arevery realistic. Even the fabric as it forms itself around her knee issomehow graceful. The front of Athena's garment is impressive and lovelyand I was amazed by the detail I saw. It gives Athena a very gracefulappearance. I could almost see the fabric flowing as she took a stepforward. I could not help but think of the hours of work that must havegone into creating just the specifics of her garment to make it seemlifelike. I thought her helmet was an interesting addition to the statue.It gives Athena a certain amount of authority, which makes sense for thegoddess of knowledge. I thought the helmet was interesting in that itappeared to be a warriors helmet. It gave her a strong presence. Herexpression is one that I would call assuring and yet reflective. Inaddition, I thought she was very beautiful. Overall, I thought Athena was
I wondered what the Peplos Kore might havelooked like just after she was sculpted and painted. Her dress is rather plain compared to the Hope Athena and the HopeHygeia. In fact, I stared at her face for along time before I lookedat anything else. When thinking back to thestatues sculpted from marble, I could not help but wonder how different itis working with the different types of stone. Herpresence was not as commanding and she has a very peaceful, almost sad lookon her face. I can only say that is something about the expressionon her face. I hadquestions about the Peplos Kore that I could not answer. In addition, when studying the Peplos Kore, I understood theimportance of art through the ages. People have been sculpting forcenturies and it is interesting to see how the art has evolved over time. delightful combination of grace and authority. It seemed more relaxed and casual than Athena's did. This could be because the statue does not contain theintricate detail that the Hope Athena and the Hope Hygeia do. Again, I was impressedwith how lifelike the statue appeared. The face andhair of the Peplos Kore seems to be where most of the detail is on thestatue. I thought the Hope Hygeia was a lovely statue and was surprised at howshe differed from Hope Athena.
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