ArchaicStyle– AncientGreek,(600- 480B.C.)

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4

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The Kroisos Kouros,around 530 BC

“stylizedgeometry”andrigidsymmetryfromAncientEgyptian

roots

Stiffandunnatural,butwithuniversalmanwithidealbeauty

Stylizedhairand“Archaicsmile”

Kouros(male),Kore(female)

ArchaicStyle– AncientGreek,(600- 480B.C.)

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ArchaicStyle– AncientGreek,(600- 480B.C.)

“stylizedgeometry”andrigidsymmetryfromAncientEgyptian

roots

Stiffandunnatural,butwithuniversalmanwithidealbeauty

Stylizedhairand“Archaicsmile”

Kouros(male),Kore(female)

ArchaicStyle– AncientGreek,(600- 480B.C.)

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ArchaicStyle– AncientGreek,(600- 480B.C.)

ClassicalStyle– AncientGreek,(480- 323B.C.)

8

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Kritios Boy, around 480 BC , Marble

ClassicalStyle– AncientGreek,(480- 323B.C.)

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ClassicalStyle– AncientGreek,(480- 323B.C.)

Universalman

Naturalcontrapposto/weightshiftposewiths-curve

Lifelikeandnaturalisticfigures,butwithidealizedyouth,beauty,and

perfectproportions

Activeposesyetcalmandcontrolledfacialexpressions

balancebetweenthemindandthebody

Contrapposto – techniqueofsculptingahumanfigureinaposethatshowstheweightofthebodyinbalance.- Weightononeleg- Shoulderandhipsangled

HellenisticStyle– AncientGreek,(323- 31BC.)

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16

10

Dying Gaul, About 230-220 BC. Roman, marble copy of bronze, Rome.

Nike of Samothrace, About 190 BC, Marble.

HellenisticStyle– AncientGreek,(323- 31BC.)

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HellenisticStyle– AncientGreek,(323- 31BC.)

Complex,twistedposes

Wrappedfiguresinbillowingfabric

Dramaandemotion

Formsbreakinto

viewer’sspace

AncientRomanSculpture– GlorifyingEmperors

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13

5

6

AncientRomanSculpture– GlorifyingEmperors

AncientRomanSculpture– Realism

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3

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ImperialPortraitSculpturePropagandaforvictoriousandpowerfulRoman

Emperor

Individualizedfeatures(wecantellwhois

who)

Butmademorebeautifulwithidealizedproportions,youth,

andfitness

CopiesofGreek

Originals

SamecharacteristicsofClassicalstyle

makingmarbleversionsofGreek

bronzes

Considered“RomancopiesofGreek

Originals”insteadofRomanart

PortraitsofPrivateCitizens

realisticdetailandindividualizedfeatures

Showsageand“imperfections”

“Wartsandall”

TheThreeTypesofAncientRomanSculpture

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