Painting --15th Century Italian Art-- Herakles and Antaios
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.
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