1. A Formal Analysis of the Sleeping Hermaphrodite
The recent public knows this piece as copies of the original done during the Hellenistic Period of Ancient Greece. By chronological clockwork, the piece seems to have been sculpted around 120-130 BC. ... Evidence shows that the piece contains all the elements of a Hellenistic work of this particular time. For example, the piece was created during a time when the Greeks adopted the idea of Humanism, or the idea that man is the measure of all things and is separate from the rest of nature. ... The lighting of the piece is also pertinent to the treatment of the form. ...
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