KnowraLaocoön and His SonsLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Laocoön and His Sons, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 7Related 1Marble sculptureBroader topic: Its twisting figures show how marble can convey intense motion and bodily strain.Hellenistic artBroader topic: Its strained bodies and faces make suffering a sculptural spectacle.Hellenistic sculptureBroader topic: Its contorted bodies and anguish make bodily suffering a central subject.Johann Joachim WinckelmannBroader topic: Winckelmann treated the group as a model of restrained expression in Greek art.Classical sculptureBroader topic: Its twisting bodies and intense expression contrast with images of composed classical restraint.Ancient Greek artBroader topic: Its dramatic struggle illustrates the expressive intensity associated with Hellenistic sculpture.Vatican MuseumsBroader topic: Its discovery helped inspire Julius II’s early collection of classical sculpture.