The Archaic Style Of Kore Sculpture And Polykleitos

1. Taking a look at the Archaic style of the Kore sculpture and the Classical style of the Polykleitos sculpture, we can note some key differences. The Archaic style sculptures have a rigid/iconic stance but also these sculptures seem to always have a smiling figure. The Classical style on the other hand, is more relaxed stance. The Archaic sculptures where also painted in strong colors such as red and black. While the classical sculptures looked different in a pure white marble tone. The sculpture Kore (Archaic) were more stylized and less realistic, with their tightly curled hair and unrealistic proportions. Kore statues where roughly symmetrical and forward facing, with a very simplified anatomy. The Polykleitos (Classic) is more realistic
After observing both Classical style of the Myron sculpture and Hellenistic style of the Laocoon sculpture, some differences where easy to spot. At a first glance, both sculptures display the human anatomy and some shared concepts. Hellenistic style seems to borrow concepts such as the depiction of lines, shadows and light used. That being said, Hellenistic style had a dramatic transformation from the Classical style. The Hellenistic sculpture’s main focus isn’t to portray a realistic human anatomy but rather how the body moved. These sculptures created an illusion of movement as if the sculpture was coming to life. In the Classical sculpture, one could focus on the detailed human anatomy but that was the main focus. The Laocoon sculpture (Hellenistic) depicted more emotions, portraying dramatic features on the faces that evoked despair as their emotions. The Myron sculpture (Classical) didn’t show a range of emotions on the face rather focusing on how the body moved. The Classical sculptures seemed to have more rules and conventions being followed when created the art, while Hellenistic sculptures seemed to have more freedom of creativity. The Classical style also seemed to have more religious an naturalistic themes being portrayed on the sculptures. On the other hand, the Hellenistic style had more dramatic expression of the spiritual as well as preoccupation being a reoccurring theme