Images of heroism and martyrdom: borrowings from the Vatican Laocoon during the early modern period

Why is the Vatican Laocoon sitting down? Why would a man who is being, together with his two sons, mortally wounded, not stand up, or, on the contrary, fall down completely? And why does this unnatural position, after all, does not seem so strange to us?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maria Berbara
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2019-09-01
Series:Figura
Online Access:https://econtents.bc.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/figura/article/view/10206