Description

This group of sculptures of Ludovisi Gaul and his wife depicts a defeated Gallic warrior. In order not to be humiliated by the enemy, he supported his fallen wife with his left hand and thrust his sword into his left chest with his right hand. The body is standing, and the eyes are projecting incomparable anger at the enemy chasing behind. Has a heroic attitude that would rather die than give up. The success of the conception of the sculpture by Ludovisi Gaul and his wife, as well as its realistic approach, its artistic effect, is the exact opposite of what the shapers intended. The sculpture of Ludovisi Gaul and his wife shows the defeated Gaul leader. As the defeated party, he and his wife and other survivors were sold into slaves by Pergamon. In order to avoid humiliation, the leader chose to commit suicide, and his wife and other compatriots were sold. slave.

The sculpture of Ludovisi Gaul and his wife is a shockingly tragic statue. The sculptor deliberately depicts the tense moments of suicide. The sculpture of Ludovisi Gaul and his wife uses a variety of contrasting techniques to shape the image, standing and kneeling, life and death, movement and stillness, body up and down, upright and sideways. The sculpture of ludovisi Gaul and his wife became a model for later square sculptures. In Bergama we see only the triumphant song of victory, and even all its altar reliefs symbolize the spirit of domination over the Gauls victorious. For example, although the high relief on the altar of Zeus depicts mythological sculptures, in fact, the large frieze depicts the fierce battle between the gods and giants, and the sculpture of ludovisi Gaul and his wife is the Greek victory over the nomads. Allegorization of Lu people.