Art about the Sack of Troy
The study of ancient art has led to a lot of our known history about ancient civilizations, but it is not only the surviving works that tell the story, but also the ones that have not survived the years, which is the case with the tales of the Sack of Troy. Also the writings about these lost pieces provide today’s researchers with many other influential insights about ancient cultures. A comparison of a vase painted by Kleophrades and the painting by Polygnotos, as described by Pausanias, will help with the explanation of how lost art can provide insight into ancient history. There are many vases and smaller pieces of artwork that have survived from the time of the Greeks, which describe parts of the Sack of Troy, but the detailed description of the painting of The Sack of Troy, by Polygnotos, described by Pausanias, provides us with new insight to the story as well as what the painters may have been trying to represent in their representations. Polygnotos was described by Pliny the Elder as an innovator in painting, with such revolutionary styles of painting as women with transparent drapery, representing the mouth open, which showed the teeth, and changing the faces from the rigidity, which previously existed. Polytgnot
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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