greek sculpture

The Development of Greek Sculpture

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450-440 B.C.E.

540-515 B.C.E. c. 240 B.C.E.

Archaic Period

Classical Period

Hellenistic Period

700 B.C.E 480 B.C.E 323 B.C.E 30 B.C.EHomer Age of Pericles (461-429) Death of Alexander the Great (323)

Mantiklos Apolloc. 680 B.C.E.Bronze, 8” high

Astartec. 1700 B.C.E.Syria

Kroisosc. 540-515 B.C.E.marble, 6’4” high

Kourosc. 600-590 B.C.E.marble, 6’1” high

Menkaure and Wife2,500 B.C.E.

Kourosc. 600-590 B.C.E.

Kore630 B.C.E.Limestone, 24”

Korec. 530 B.C.E.Marble, 48”

Archaic Period

Classical Period

Hellenistic Period

700 B.C.E 480 B.C.E 323 B.C.E 30 B.C.E

Kritios Boyc. 480 B.C.E.Marble, 46”

MyronDiscobolosc. 450 B.C.E.Roman marble copyof bronze original

PolykleitosDoryphorosc. 450-440 B.C.E.Marble, 6’6”Roman copy

“. . . [beauty consists] in the proportions, not of the elements, but of the parts, that is to say, of finger to finger, and of all the fingers to the palm and the wrist, and of these to the forearm, and of the forearm to the upper arm, and of all the other parts to each other, as they are set forth in the Canon of Polykleitos.”

- Galen, 2nd century C.E.

Zeus ( Poseidon)c. 460 - 450 B.C.E.Bronze

PraxitelesAphrodite of Cnidus4th c. B.C.E.Roman marble copy

Porch of the Maidens, the Erechtheum, Acropolis, Athens, 421-405 B.C.E.

Archaic Period

Classical Period

Hellenistic Period

700 B.C.E 480 B.C.E 323 B.C.E 30 B.C.E

Dying Gaulc. 240 B.C.E.Roman marble copy after bronze original

Nike of Samothracec. 190 B.C.E.Marble, 8’ high

Laocoon1st cent. B.C.E.Marble, 8’ high

Aphrodite of Melos150 - 100 B.C.E.Marble, 6’ 10” high

Archaic

• Stiff• Painted colorfully• Big and bold• Naked men, clothed women – androgynous• Very symmetrical, but not proportional• Blank, standard faces w/ big eyes• Idealized, not lifelike, stylized• Same pose, based by egyptian

Classical

• More natural poses• Perfectly beautiful bodies – ideal proportions• Realistic – muscle and bone• Don’t show emotion

Hellenistic

• Heroic, flawed• Idealized body• Snapshot of life, shows a story• Emotion• Relate, connect to them• Fluid poses, motion• Technical skill, skin, fabric, faces, hair

Quiz

Portrait bust of a man1st c. B.C.E.Roman

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