chiastic

Examples of chiastic in the following topics:

• Money and Fashion: The Commissions of Roman Patrons

  • Similar to other examples of Hellenistic sculpture, the marble sculpture of Laocoön and his sons depicts a chiastic scene filled with drama, tension, and pathos.

• Sculpture in the Greek High Classical Period

  • The Diskobols demonstrates a dynamic, chiastic composition that relies on diagonal lines to move the eye about the sculpture.

• The Parthenon

  • At the center of the pediment stood Athena and Poseidon, pulling away from each creating chiastic and strongly charged, dynamic composition.

• Pergamon

  • The entire composition is depicted in a chiastic shape.

• The Chora Church in Constantinople

  • Christ stands in an active, chiastic position.

• Painting in the Greek High Classical Period

  • Persephone and Hades create a tension filled chiastic composition, as Hades races to the left, against the pull of Persephone's outward, desperate reach to the right.

• Sculpture in the Hellenistic Period

  • Similar to other examples of Hellenistic sculpture, Laocoön and His Sons depicts a chiastic scene filled with drama, tension, and pathos.