Phrigne in Court

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In the picture, Frigne is in the center of the prominent position, with her arms covering her face to show the moment when her clothes have just been lifted. Frigne's overall red color is particularly vivid under the defense blue, and the treatment of the rear scene and the middle dark part brings out the heroine. She looked unusually white, charming, and perfect. Her motive force is typical of Greece, with a slight twist of the body to enrich the rhythm of the curve. By being naked in public, her subconscious act of concealment has heightened her feelings. Frigne's expression, delicate and somewhat shy, was particularly charming. The posture and expression of the defender standing beside him were extremely serious and firm, and the noble and inviolable will of beauty was reflected in his posture and expression. The pity, understanding or greed of the judges, the dull eyes, the firm behavior or the confused expression, fully show the various aspects of life and the complexity and contradiction of human nature in front of beauty. At the same time, it also embodies the theme of beauty advocated by the Greek period, the purity of beauty, the sanctity of beauty and the invincible power of beauty.

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According to ****tered accounts of the relevant literature, there was a model Frigne in the 4th century BC. She was the most beautiful woman in Athens at that time, and there are many anecdotes about her in history, compared to the story that happened in this court: according to the legend, under normal circumstances, this beauty would never be naked in the public bath, and she would only jump out of the sea naked and face the people of the holy land through the baptism ceremony on the festival of worship to the god of the sea. Instead, she was arraigned for blasphemy. What is dramatic is that at the trial, the defense lawyer Hipperides let the defendant uncover his clothes and bare his body in full view of the public, and said to the five members of the jury present: Can such beautiful breasts disappear after comparison, the court finally pronounced the defendant guilty. The century French painter Jerome also painted an oil painting "Frigne in the Court" on this subject.

According to the legend, Phrigne must have been someone. This story, though somewhat excessive in modern times, was not a common one, or at least was told as a true story throughout the ancient Greek period. As a model, Frigne's relatively great contribution to the history of art should be the statue "Aphrodite of the Nitos" created in collaboration with Praxiteles. Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty in Greek mythology, later known as Venus in Roman mythology. Praxiteles was the Greek master sculptor of the 4th century BC, and Phryne was his lover. The master was known for his beautiful style, and this work is an outstanding representative work of him, and it is also a popular and more copied statue in ancient times. In order to make Aphrodite more ideal, he used Phrigne as a model. According to Pliny, the master made two statues of the goddess at the same time, one clothed and one naked. As a result, the Kos accepted the noble and sober dress and rejected the ****. The representation of the goddess in her **** form was unprecedented, and Praxiteles was the first person in the history of Greek sculpture. Obviously, this form of expression was not yet able to meet the requirements of the conservative thinking of God in general at that time, and so it was not approved by people. However, Greek society had begun to change in the fourth century BC, and new aesthetic needs had been broken through, and the creation of the two statues and their subsequent encounter and destination were a reflection of this change. The statue of the **** Aphrodite was rejected by the people of Kos, but welcomed by the people of the Needles. He was welcomed back and consecrated in a small temple built especially for him in the forest of the island. Unexpectedly, thanks to this statue of a naked Aphrodite, the island of Needles became a popular gathering place for hundreds of years. At the same time, Aphrodite of the Nidos was regarded as one of the most beautiful statues in the ancient world, and almost the whole Greek world came to see her. It was so loud that the other statues on the island were forgotten. In the later imperial era, the Nidos appreciated this work and cast it on the coins used on the island, the **** statue was finally recognized, and a new aesthetic code appeared in the Greeks, and has been passed down to later generations. And the image and story of Frigne, also with these immortal artistic creation immortal. By the way, there is also a legend that the story of Phrigne in the above-mentioned court is much the same, but the theme is exactly the same, because she was often a **** model and was considered to be indecent.