This sculpture is one of my favorites. It is so complex, the twisting twinning motion of the entire piece is incredible. It depicts the struggle of the Priest Laocoon as he and his sons meet their death as punishment for Laocoon's deeds in the Trojan war. Laocoon choose to advise against welcoming the Trojan horse into the city, though he was overruled and the horse was brought in which led to the destruction of Troy and their loss of the Trojan war to the Greeks under Agamemnon and Menelaus. Laocoon's warnings to not bring the Trojan horse inside the city gates went unheeded, but nonetheless earned him and his sons a terrible death at the hands, or scales and fangs, of the seamonster. In the sculpture, they are terrified and giving their all to save one another and fight off the beast. Even though the piece is violent and fairly scary, the emotion that is so flawless entrancing draws you into the struggle from every angle.
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