Sleeping Human - Sculpture

Ancient literary sources generally wrote very approvingly of sleep it could help relieve, restore and enlighten. In Homer sleep is also regarded positively, and is often described using epithets such as ‘sweet, pleasant’, as it brought rest to the weary and could help relieve one’s sorrows. In visual art however, artists seem to treat sleep much more warily; it is shown as leaving characters vulnerable, weak and open to attack.

The Sculpture of a Human who is resting his head under his own arms ,  shown above demonstrate the thought that physical danger is risked in the vulnerability of sleep.Sculpture of a Human who is resting his head under his own arms.

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