Mothers, Wives, & Heroes: Women in the Hellenistic Period

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  1. Hi, My name is Isabelle Ali, and I'm the curator
  2. for this art exhibit.
  3. The Mothers, Wives and Heroes exhibit focuses on the developing
  4. representation of women in the Hell analyst IQ time period
  5. throughout the Greek Empire.
  6. The exhibit will focus on how women were represented through
  7. the medium of sculpture with both Greek goddesses and the
  8. average woman in the Greek Empire.
  9. The Helen Ballistic Time period is the defining shift in
  10. female representation within the Greek Empire.
  11. The prominent, idealized male body and figure that reflected the
  12. popular Greek patriarchy, although still intact, began to fade as
  13. the idealized woman figure became prominent.
  14. The idealized woman figure, both seen in Greek goddesses and
  15. the regular woman, represented prowess and power which had not
  16. yet been seen before.
  17. Political, social and cultural changes from HELL analyst IQ period
  18. reflected the change and how women were viewed in different
  19. aspects of society.
  20. The representation of the women throughout this exhibit is not
  21. only important but critical to understanding Greeks of Society and
  22. Helen Ballistic period, the cultural power struggle between the remnants
  23. of the Greek patriarchy and the desire for change in
  24. order to include women in a more active role, both
  25. socially and politically, can be seen through the sculptures.
  26. Progress in the past can be seen as an intersection
  27. in the sculpture is demonstrating how past and present social,
  28. political and cultural norms clashed.
  29. The rise of women during Helena List IQ period led
  30. to the expansion of their rights and also their political
  31. and cultural influence for hundreds of years to come.
  32. The agave tiki running Artemus, head of a three RBIs
  33. Monteiro and the Nike of Samurais are all included in
  34. our exhibit.
  35. We hope you all enjoy and gain insight into why
  36. the representation of women through sculpture during during the Helen
  37. Ballistic Period is so powerful and needed.
  38. Welcome to the mothers, wives and heroes art except