theartistsmanifesto:Laocoon and His Sons, 2nd century B.C., Marble, Vatican Museums. This ancient gr
theartistsmanifesto:Laocoon and His Sons, 2nd century B.C., Marble, Vatican Museums. This ancient greek sculpture was excavated in the 1500s and has since been the prototype of the depiction of human agony. Laocoon was a Trojan priest who angered the gods and so they sent a serpent to kill him and his sons. -- source link