Julia Kennedy Ancient Greek Philosophy Final Paper Question 7: Aristotle’s definitions of Substance from both his ’Categories’ and ’Metaphysics‚ Book VIII’ To begin‚ a brief definition of both accounts should be described‚ but later‚ I will go over in greater specifics about his definition in ’Categories’ for a basic elucidation‚ providing examples throughout. Then‚ I will compare and contrast the two accounts. First‚ for Aristotle’s definitions of substance‚ there are two. One of the
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as form‚ so form is soul. There is a contradiction in Aristotle’s hylomorphism account. For example‚ there is a bronze‚ and this bronze is shaped to become the statue of Hermes‚ so a statue of Hermes starts to exist. Then‚ the same bronze is melted and sculpture reshapes this bronze to make the statue of Zeus. When Hermes loses its shape‚ Zeus acquires its own shape. Its shows that bronze itself has no any essential shape‚ so it is not essentially Hermes or Zeus. It shows that matter is contingently
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Greek world under Alexander the Great in the late fourth century B.C. During this era‚ bronze‚ cast from alloys of copper‚ tin‚ lead‚ and other elements‚ was employed tremendously for dynamic compositions‚ displays of the nudity‚ and graphic expressions of individual identities. Surpassing marble with its tensile strength‚ reflective characteristics‚ and capability of embracing the finest details‚ bronze statues were produced in thousands and served as vehicles for the transmission of culture and
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his first commissioned statue David‚ which was constructed out of marble. This work followed the popular gothic style during the Italian Renaissance. The statue represented the defiance of authority to the people of Florence. Over time‚ Donatello became stronger with his work and it showed through the emotions conveyed through his work. Donatello completed the St. Mark statue in 1413‚ that stands outside of Orsanmichele Church. The next year‚ Donatello completed the statue St. John the Evangelist
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occupation‚ but also by their age. Bronze statue of Eros sleeping Greek or Roman‚ Hellenistic or Augustan period‚ 3rd century B.C. – early 1st century A.D. This bronze statue is one of the few bronze statues to have survived from antiquity (The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2000) and consists of a sleeping child (Eros‚ god of love) lying on what seems to be a large stone. The young child appears to be exhausted while his facial expression represents innocence. This statue is a lifelike depiction of a
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Accession Number: 25.78.56 My paper is a description of a Roman copy of a Greek bronze statue of ca. 430 B.C. by Polykleitos; known as Fragments of a marble statue of Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head). It is a statue of a naked young robust man adorning his head with a diadem. The stone sculpture stands at about seventy three inches high. It’s about a size of an average man. It is a magnificent statue carved out of marble and very well replicated by an unknown Roman artist. Dated
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Ancient Greece art is beautifully decorated by the craftsmen. Art was made with bronze‚ gold‚ silver but the most that Greeks used to make is metal to make art. But there was something stronger than metal‚ it was…..iron‚ iron is harder than metal. Metal can be melted down and made into something else‚ many metal sculptures and other metal items were melted down so they could be for other things. The Greeks made many things like bowls and vases‚ cauldrons‚ knives and daggers‚ shields‚ armour‚ decorative
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derives from its parts. For instance‚ the material cause of a statue is bronze or silver. In order to create a bronze statue‚ bronze is required. The formal cause refers to what gives the object its form or structure; its characteristics. For example‚ the statue cannot be labelled as a statue if it doesn’t have certain characteristics such as a head or shaped into a person. These characteristics explain the production of the statue. The third cause according to Aristotle is the efficient cause
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copy of a Greek bronze sculpture and carved by the sculptor Polykleitos. The sculpture shows athleticism at its finest‚ it had a balanced figure with idealized proportions sculpted in the round. Doryphoros is one of the most classic sculptures from the high classical period. The Doryphoros is a very intellectual work. Our appreciation of the work‚ is also influenced by seeing the work only through later copies Temples or sanctuaries at the time were craving for more monumental statues bringing the
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Kim I have chosen two statues from different eras to make a comparison‚ Marble statue of Dionysos leaning on an Archaistic Female Figure from the Roman era and Bronze statue of Artemis and a deer from Greek or Roman‚ late Hellenistic or early Imperial periods. The reason why I have chosen these two objects are that both of them have one big figure and one small figure which makes eyes of viewers move around. They also depicted gods with smaller figures. These two statues have many differences as
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