<Li> <P> Aphrodite Braschi, free copy (1st century BC) after a votive statue of Praxitele in Cnidus (Aphrodite of Cnidus type, ca . 350--340 BC). Glyptothek, Munich </P> </Li> <P> Aphrodite Braschi, free copy (1st century BC) after a votive statue of Praxitele in Cnidus (Aphrodite of Cnidus type, ca . 350--340 BC). Glyptothek, Munich </P> <P> The transition from the Classical to the Hellenistic period occurred during the 1st century . Sculpture became more and more naturalistic . Common people, women, children, animals and domestic scenes became acceptable subjects for sculpture, which was commissioned by wealthy families for the adornment of their homes and gardens . Realistic portraits of men and women of all ages were produced, and sculptors no longer felt obliged to depict people as ideals of beauty or physical perfection . Most Greek men were sculpted standing with their hips slightly to the side . When human beings stand this way it uses more muscles . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> Attributed by Pliny the Elder to Agesander, Athanodoros and Polydorus: Laocoön and His Sons . Copy after an Hellenistic original from ca . 200 BC . Vatican Museums </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Unknown artist: Nike of Samothrace, c. 220 - 190 BC . Louvre </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Unknown artist: Nereus, Doris, a giant, Oceanus, from the Pergamon Altar (detail), 2nd century BC . Pergamonmuseum, Berlin </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Unknown artist: Ludovisi Gaul and his wife . Roman copy after an Hellenistic original from a monument built by Attalus I of Pergamon after his victory over Gauls, ca . 220 BC . Palazzo Altemps, Rome </P> </Li> </Ul>

One major difference in the hellenistic and the classical sculpture is