Discobolus is one of the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greek, displaying a moment of throwing the discus. Observing the exterior of the Discobolus, some features can be discovered. Discobolus’s lifting his arm, ducking down and bending knees form an “S” shape. The athlete shifts his weight to the right foot and uses left toe as the auxiliary supporting point. Man’s body has a trend of counterclockwise turning, which fulfill the concept of dynamics.
At about 460 BCE, Myron created this great sculpture in ancient Greek. (The British Museum, 2017). In the early fifth century, Myron was born in Eleutherae. At about twenties years old, Myron worshiped Ageladas as his teacher, learning how to create arts. As time went go, Myron’s painting …show more content…
Taking a general survey of the artistic development in Europe, Ancient Greek is the first climax for the sculptor. Nude sculpture was the main aspect at this period and almost all of the sculptures are nude. (Jean Sorabella, 2008) On one hand, some people hold the view that the nude sculpture was related to frequent battles and athletic sports. From ancient Greek’s perspective, young man should have powerful muscles, embonpoint body, and handsome figure. When doing exercises, many ancient Greek men would like to take off their cloths and display their powerful muscles. It is beneficial for them to do exercises. What’s more, this behavior also help the public to cultivating a sense of nude body without bias. On the other hand, nude body came from the ancient Greek customs. People took off their cloths and displayed their bodies in various religious activities and celebrations. Due to the frequent battles between countries, ancient Greek emperor required people to have physical training when they were children. Whoever you were, everybody needed to take part in the fighting competition without cloths, which also contribute to the nude custom. (Jean Sorabella, …show more content…
At the fifth century, it was the prosperous time of the sculpture in Greek, which is known as the classical period in the history of arts. The beginning issue of the classical period was the battle between Ancient Greek and Persia. In the early fifth century BC, in order to celebrate the Greek’s heroic resistance to the Persian’s invasion. A lot of studio arts displays the public’s worship to the heroes defending the country by using figures of vigorous young man.
During war between Greek and Persia went go, the intensity exceeded people’s estimate by a great deal. A lot of famous battles came from this period. For example, in the Battle of Marathon, only 192 Greek soldiers were killed. However, Persia lost about 6400 warriors.(Herodotus and Battle of Marathon, 1993). At that time, many art of works expressed Greek’s fighting for freedom and independence, which enhanced troop morale enormously. These sculptures also had a foreshadowing for the Greek’s victory in the Greco-Persian Wars. What’s more, Discobolus and other art of works reflected the development of Greek’s handicraft industry and economy from the side. Weaver, shoemaker, blacksmith, baker, carpenter and many other crafters improved technics level continuously. Commodity exchange became more and more frequently, which leaded to enhance of local
At about 460 BCE, Myron created this great sculpture in ancient Greek. (The British Museum, 2017). In the early fifth century, Myron was born in Eleutherae. At about twenties years old, Myron worshiped Ageladas as his teacher, learning how to create arts. As time went go, Myron’s painting …show more content…
Taking a general survey of the artistic development in Europe, Ancient Greek is the first climax for the sculptor. Nude sculpture was the main aspect at this period and almost all of the sculptures are nude. (Jean Sorabella, 2008) On one hand, some people hold the view that the nude sculpture was related to frequent battles and athletic sports. From ancient Greek’s perspective, young man should have powerful muscles, embonpoint body, and handsome figure. When doing exercises, many ancient Greek men would like to take off their cloths and display their powerful muscles. It is beneficial for them to do exercises. What’s more, this behavior also help the public to cultivating a sense of nude body without bias. On the other hand, nude body came from the ancient Greek customs. People took off their cloths and displayed their bodies in various religious activities and celebrations. Due to the frequent battles between countries, ancient Greek emperor required people to have physical training when they were children. Whoever you were, everybody needed to take part in the fighting competition without cloths, which also contribute to the nude custom. (Jean Sorabella, …show more content…
At the fifth century, it was the prosperous time of the sculpture in Greek, which is known as the classical period in the history of arts. The beginning issue of the classical period was the battle between Ancient Greek and Persia. In the early fifth century BC, in order to celebrate the Greek’s heroic resistance to the Persian’s invasion. A lot of studio arts displays the public’s worship to the heroes defending the country by using figures of vigorous young man.
During war between Greek and Persia went go, the intensity exceeded people’s estimate by a great deal. A lot of famous battles came from this period. For example, in the Battle of Marathon, only 192 Greek soldiers were killed. However, Persia lost about 6400 warriors.(Herodotus and Battle of Marathon, 1993). At that time, many art of works expressed Greek’s fighting for freedom and independence, which enhanced troop morale enormously. These sculptures also had a foreshadowing for the Greek’s victory in the Greco-Persian Wars. What’s more, Discobolus and other art of works reflected the development of Greek’s handicraft industry and economy from the side. Weaver, shoemaker, blacksmith, baker, carpenter and many other crafters improved technics level continuously. Commodity exchange became more and more frequently, which leaded to enhance of local