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The artists started showing body as no one has seen it before in art. Towards the end of the Hellenistic period (400-323B.C.), the sculptures that were being produced were more mature, we started seeing beards, mustaches, and even scars from battle. In a portrait of Aristotle, you see wrinkles on the face, a sad expression. The artists were not using the athletic man anymore, the perfect body; we were now seeing how people really looked in the aspects of their life. The Hellenistic period started even showing death as shown in the "Dying Gaul," showing a man with expressions that you cannot explain, seeing the pain, the agony on his face. Knowing that he is about to die, all the muscles are beginning to relax, lying on the ground. We also saw how the warrior actually looked like after a long fought battle; he was beat up, battered and the warrior showed his emotions; the feeling of defeat, the feeling of victory. This was when people really knew how life was and how real life could be.
As the facial expressions changed so did the body expressions. The main aspect of the body that changed early was the legs stance and body movements. It showed in the "Moschophoros," it still had the look of an Egyptian statue but changed in that stance and arm movement. They did not want to keep it simple and straightforward. They moved towards a contrapposto pose just by shifting the stance and putting all the weight on the left leg. Instead of having the arms right next to the body, they put the arms in the air or possibly even had the hands holding weapon or even a shield. In some instances, they started having the sculptures in a laying position. These are how things were changing. .
After the stance of the body came the body itself, showing some type of muscle definition. In many of the sculptures, they used very athletic people, to show the strength and power Greek people had. In many instances, their art showed a very muscular abdominal area, and upper torso area.