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Who created Laocoön?
Agesander of Rhodes
Polydorus of RhodesAthenodoros of Rhodes
Laocoön and His Sons/Artists
When was the Laocoön created?
42 BC
Laocoön and His Sons/Dates opened
How was the Laocoön found?
In 1906, Laocoon’s right arm (missing from the original find in 1506) had been discovered by chance in a builder’s yard in Rome by the archeologist Ludwig Pollak, director of the Museo Barracco.
How was Laocoön and his sons made?
It is sculptured from a single block, both the main figure as well as the children, and the serpents with their marvellous folds. This group was made in concert by three most eminent artists, Agesander, Polydorus, and Athenodorus, natives of Rhodes.”
What did Laocoön do to the wooden horse?
Laocoon tries to persuade the Trojans not to trust the Greeks. However, since they are exhausted by war they refuse to believe him, and in a moment of frustration, he drives a spear into the belly of the horse.
What did Laocoön do?
Laocoon was a Trojan priest in Greek mythology, who along with his two sons, was attacked by giant snakes sent by the gods. This source says that Laocoon kept asking the Trojans to set fire to the horse, and Athena sent the giant serpents that killed him and his two sons.
What is the Laocoön made of?
White marble
Laocoön and His Sons/Media
Where is the original Laocoön?
the Vatican
The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures ever since it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and placed on public display in the Vatican, where it remains.
Why was Laocoön killed?
The serpents killed only the two sons, leaving Laocoön himself alive to suffer. In other versions, he was killed for having committed an impiety by making love with his wife in the presence of a cult image in a sanctuary, or simply making a sacrifice in the temple with his wife present.
Is Laocoön and His Sons freestanding?
This is a free standing sculpture. It is open form. The open form ness and free standing allows us to look around it and see between the body which gives it the sense of liveliness.
Was Laocoön a real person?
He was a Trojan priest who was attacked, with his two sons, by giant serpents sent by the gods. The story of Laocoön has been the subject of numerous artists, both in ancient and in more contemporary times.
Why did Laocoön was punished by God?
A much better-known reason for his punishment was that he had warned the Trojans against accepting the wooden horse left by the Greeks. This legend found its most famous expressions in Virgil’s Aeneid (ii, 109 et seq.)