pathos

(noun)

That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.

Related Terms

  • satyr
  • patrician

Examples of pathos in the following topics:

  • Money and Fashion: The Commissions of Roman Patrons

    • Despite their Roman audience, these were purposely created in the Greek style and continued to display the drama, tension, and pathos commonly found in Hellenistic art.
    • Similar to other examples of Hellenistic sculpture, the marble sculpture of Laocoön and his sons depicts a chiastic scene filled with drama, tension, and pathos.
    • The composition is large and dramatic, and demands the viewer to encircle it in order to view and appreciate the narrative and pathos from all angles.
  • Sculpture in the Hellenistic Period

    • During this time, the rules of Classical art were pushed and abandoned in favor of new themes, genres, drama, and pathos that never before were explored by Greek artists.
    • These figures interact with their audience in a new theatrical manner by eliciting an emotional reaction from their view, this is known as pathos.
    • Despite their Roman audience, these were purposely created in the Greek style and continued to display the drama, tension, and pathos of Hellenistic art.
    • Similar to other examples of Hellenistic sculpture, Laocoön and His Sons depicts a chiastic scene filled with drama, tension, and pathos.
    • The composition is large and dramatic, and demands the viewer to encircle it in order to view and appreciate the narrative and pathos from all angles.
  • Wood Sculpture

    • His style emphasized pathos and emotion, helped by his virtuoso carving of billowing drapery; it has been called "late Gothic Baroque".
  • Ceramics in the Greek Early Classical Period

    • The scenes he painted on his white-ground lekythoi are filled with pathos and sorrow, often depicting women sitting in front of grave stelae or bidding their battle-bound husbands farewell.
  • Pergamon

    • The diagonal line created by Gaia mimics the shape of her son, connecting the two figures through line and pathos.
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