The figures in this piece
show violent action and the body as a powerful machine. To show this
effect, the artist shows the figures thin and muscular so that they
appear e'corche', as if without skin
or outer tissue.
Herakles and Antaios
Who-
A. Pollauolo
What- Bronze
When- 1475
A.D. Where-Florence,
Italy Why- Illustrates
the legendary wrestling match where everytime Antonias touched the
earth he was renewed.