Knielauf
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File:Centre Close Up of the West Pediment from the Temple of Artemis in Corfu.jpg in Knielauf-pose on the Temple of Artemis (Corfu), c. 580 BC.]]
File:Tityos Painter - dog-headed daimon - Herakles and Nessos - Roma MNEVG 84444 - 02.jpg of a dog-headed figure performing a Knielauf, surrounded by Nessos and Herakles.]]
Knielauf ({{IPA|de|ˈkniː.laʊ̯f|lang}}) is a term of art referring to a characteristic visual motif found in the art of Ancient Greece and the Etruscans of the Archaic Period, in which a person is portrayed as running or speeding forth with one knee nearly touching the ground. It is particularly common in depictions of Gorgons. The word is borrowed from German (Knie meaning "knee", and Lauf meaning "run").
References
- {{cite book|year=2012|isbn=978-1-4051-8604-9|location=Hoboken, New Jersey|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|editor-first1=Tyler Jo|editor-last1=Smith|editor-first2=Dimitris|editor-last2=Plantzos|title=A Companion to Greek Art|last=Palagia|first=Olga|chapter=Architectural Sculpture|page=164}}
- {{cite book|last=Neer|first=Richard|title=The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture|year=2010|location=Chicago and London|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-57063-1|pages=94 and passim}}
== Further reading ==
- {{Wiktionary-inline|Knielauf}}
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