1. Greek Sculpture Periods of Greek Sculpture:
Archaic period (8th - early 5th century BC)
Classical period (5th - 4th century BC)
Hellenistic period (late 4th - 1st century BC)

2. Greek Sculpture Periods of Greek Sculpture:
Archaic period (8th - early 5th century BC)
Classical period (5th - 4th century BC)
Hellenistic period (late 4th - 1st century BC)

3. Greek Sculpture Archaic period (8th - 5th c BC): Kouros: male youth
always nude
similarities with Egyptian:
block conscious
cubic character
slim

4. Greek Sculpture Archaic period (8th - 5th c BC): Kouros:
Similarites with Egyptian:
broad shoulders
position of the arms
clinched fists
standing with left leg forward
wig-like treatment of the hair

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8. Greek Sculpture Archaic period (8th - 5th c BC): Kore (maiden):
always clothed
rigid
oversimplified
awkward

9. Greek Sculpture Archaic period (8th - 5th c BC): Kore (maiden):
less close to nature
a solid, undifferentiated mass from which only the toes protruded

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12. Greek Sculpture Periods of Greek Sculpture:
Archaic period (8th - early 5th century BC)
Classical period (5th - 4th century BC)
Hellenistic period (late 4th - 1st century BC)

13. Greek Sculpture Classical period (5th - 4th c BC): friezes pediments
sculpture and statues were put to wide uses:
friezes
pediments
funeral statues became personalized to families
idealistic
technical skill in depicting the human form in a variety of poses greatly increased
poses became more natural
statues began to depict real people

14. Greek Sculpture Delphic Charioteer (478-474):
one of the first bronzes in Greek art
garment is simple reflecting the behavior of real cloth

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Delphic Charioteer ( )

16. Greek Sculpture Kritios Boy: twists his body his head turns slightly
his weight rests on one leg
shift in stance tilts his hips and brings one shoulder forward and the other back
expression is natural

17. Greek Sculpture Kritios Boy: calculated nonsymmetry:
the knee of the forward leg is lower than the other
the right hip is thrust down and inward
the left hip up and outward

18. Greek Sculpture Kritios Boy:
body axis is not a straight vertical line but a faint, reversed S-curve
weight of the body rests mainly on the left leg
the right leg is a prop to make sure that the body keeps its balance

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20. Greek Sculpture Contrapposto: when a figure stands:
one leg holding its full weight
the other leg is relaxed
classic pose causes:
the figure’s hips and shoulders to rest at opposite angles
gives a slight s-curve to the entire torso

21. Greek Sculpture Zeus ca. 460-450 B.C.E.: sense of balanced movement
force held in check,
simple but powerful anatomy
realistic only in spirit - lack of proportions
vigorous, yet static in its perfect balance

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Zeus ca B.C.E.

23. Greek Sculpture Riace Warriors: more advanced treatment of anatomy
expression of the whole body - goes far beyond contemporaneous marbles

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26. Greek Sculpture Discobolos of Myron: “threshold of realism”
primitive but respected for his honesty, vigor, and novel poses

27. Aphrodite by Praxiteles:
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Aphrodite
Aphrodite by Praxiteles:
pupil of Phidias
first to portray the nude female
body synonym for absolute perfection

28. Greek Sculpture Periods of Greek Sculpture:
Archaic period (8th - early 5th century BC)
Classical period (5th - 4th century BC)
Hellenistic period (late 4th - 1st century BC)

29. Greek Sculpture Hellenistic period (late 4th - 1st century BC):
Lost some of its balance and simplicity
Reflects more clearly the emotions of the individual artists
Contains more realism
Less of an expression of civic pride

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31. Greek Sculpture Laocoon Group: animated realism melodrama: very active
muscles flex to the breaking point
figures twist uncontrollably
faces distorted in terror

32. Greek Sculpture The Dying Gaul: realism: chest wound bleeds heavily
slowly loses strength
right arm is failing
cannot move his legs

33. Greek Sculpture The Dying Gaul:
death has become a concrete physical process
human being who seeks sympathy

34. Greek Sculpture Winged Victory of Samothrace: 8 feet tall
prow of a trireme
greatest masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture
study of motion-
wind against fabric
seaspray wets the fabric

35. Greek Sculpture Phidias: Greatest of all classical period sculptors
Idealized representations of gods and mythological creatures
Qualities:
Proportion, patriotism, dignity
Works:
Athena in Parthenon
Zeus in Temple of Olympian Zeus
Parthenon reliefs

36. Greek Sculpture Discobolos of Myron: “threshold of realism”
primitive but respected for his honesty, vigor, and novel poses

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