Olympiad‚ or roughly 364-361 BCE (Pliny the Elder) while the base of the statue places him around roughly 330 BCE. Nevertheless‚ it is believed by some that Praxiteles was born around 375 BCE and is either the son or close relative of the famous artist‚ Kephisodotos (Encyclopedia of Sculpture). Praxiteles was one of the greatest and most famous sculptors that came out of ancient Greece and is considered to be in the ranks of legendary sculptors such as Myron and Polykleitos (Encyclopedia of Sculpture)
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This old kingdom statuette is called The Standing Man and stand about three feet tall. As you can see his body is connected to a block of stone to give the piece stability‚ and reduce the risk of his limbs cracking off. They also probably did this because artists weren’t as skilled to create free-standing sculptures without anything supporting parts of it. One of the most promenade factors that is shown in this is the stance. His body is made with less anatomical mistakes than previous arts‚ but
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throughout these periods. The art of the Archaic‚ Classical‚ and Hellenistic eras in ancient Greece are examples of how the philosophical views of the ancient Greeks changed and developed from 600-31 BCE and are still influencing views on art today. The art of ancient Greece during the Archaic era (600-480 BCE) made a shift from the earlier geometric forms of patterns and shapes to a more realistic form with large human sculptures being the focus. Many of the sculptures of this era seem to reflect an
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its many pioneering works of art and architecture. From the Doryphoros to the famed Parthenon of Athens‚ the legacy that the ancient Greek civilization has left to Western culture and the world as a whole cannot be underestimated. Of particular interest are two pieces of art from an age before Alexander: a black-figure panel amphora made in the sixth century BCE‚ and a funerary relief figure of a young man carved circa fourth century BCE. A closer look at the seemingly more unobtrusive details such
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Marble Statue of the Diadoumenos Waqas Yaqoob Professor Vitali 12/8/2010 Art History 1 Marble statue of the Diadoumenos is a Roman statue by Polykleitos from the Flavian period‚ A.D. 69-96. Polykleitos was a Greek sculptor in bronze of the fifth and the early fourth century BC. Next to Phidias‚ Myron and Kresilas‚ he is considered the most important sculptor of Classical antiquity. He was of the school of Argos‚ a contemporary of Phidias and‚ in the opinion of the Greeks‚ his equal.
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edu/Misc/Chicago/301176.html http://digital.films.com/play/J4U632 http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/RiaceWarrior.htm http://artandaesthetics.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/laocoon-an-analysis/ http://www.sikyon.com/sicyon/Polykleitos/polycl_egpg1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polykleitos Appendix The Laocoon group. Marble. 1st century A.D. Venus de Milo Alexandros of Antioch 130-100 BC Bronzi di Riace 460–430 B
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Ancient Greek Cultural Values (Fiero 76-136) rational explanations experiential extensions Pericles’ Funeral Speech (88-89) the Iliad (81-84) Aristotle’s Poetics (99) the Antigone (92-98) Plato’s Crito (102-104) Sappho’s poems (128) Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (104-107) Pindar’s Odes (128) Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics (109-110) Vitruvius on Symmetry (114-116) * * * * *
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historical and mythological aspects of Greek society. The Geometric period was one of the earliest period of Greek art‚ lasting from the ninth till the end of the eighth century BCE. Its name is utterly descriptive of the art created during this phase. Pottery decoration moved beyond simple shapes to also include
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values‚ and abilities of humans. These three values are apparent in the Doryphoros‚ and the Parthenon temple. The Doryphoros‚ a sculpture by Polyclitus and also called the Spear bearer‚ is a great example of the combination of these three ideas. This sculpture is well known as the Canon‚ being perfect in proportion of body parts. It also embodies these three values of rationalism‚ idealism‚ and humanism. The reason the Doryphoros is considered to be an example of perfect proportion is because Polyclitus
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their performance in a play still to present day. The change in artistic style from the Archaic to the Classical seems to have coincided with the Greek repulse of the Persians after their sack of the Athenian Acropolis in 480 BCE. The Early Classical style (ca. 480-450 BCE)
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