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Archaic Style – Ancient Greek, (600 - 480 B.C.) 20 4 19 The Kroisos Kouros, around 530 BC
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ArchaicStyle– AncientGreek,(600- 480B.C.)
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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.)
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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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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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AncientRomanSculpture– GlorifyingEmperors
AncientRomanSculpture– Realism
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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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