From primary sources and your notes on Hellenistic art, explain the relationship between mathematics and beauty. Include in your response the following ratios, proportion, perfect vs. imperfect, mathematical harmony and optical importance.
After the death of Alexander the Great, the art period changed immensely from classical to the Hellenistic period. The Hellenistic period consists of complexity, movement, emotion and focuses on conveying drama. Hellenistic art were athletes, heroic figures, gods/goddesses which showed off a kind of beauty, but that comes along with the skills of mathematics. This art required a lot of planning in order to make it realistically well proportioned and perfect. Mathematics is key to art because if the ratio …show more content…
Both of these works grasp towards the genre of drama and express it in different ways. A comedy is amusing and grasps the audience’s attention by the satirical drama while tragedy adds in drama through a character’s suffering, consequences or personal catastrophes. The purpose of comedy and tragedy was to convey a personal message towards the audience and allow them to make decisions on ethical issues. It's about something more deep down than just the story or plays itself because it could represent one’s feelings, society, power, and …show more content…
He included two characters so that the storyline would involve dialogue, but focus on the tragedy itself. His plays had characters go through murders, revenge, heroes and disasters creating the drama he envisioned. Aristophanes is one of the greatest comedic writers of Athens and that’s because his narratives are written about politics, reality, and power in women by adding a twist of using humor to express his ideas. He includes his strategic plans with the pun additives which is simple, but brilliant and that’s what makes his writings funny for the audience. Having both of these types of works gives a relief between each other with the seriousness and comical
After the death of Alexander the Great, the art period changed immensely from classical to the Hellenistic period. The Hellenistic period consists of complexity, movement, emotion and focuses on conveying drama. Hellenistic art were athletes, heroic figures, gods/goddesses which showed off a kind of beauty, but that comes along with the skills of mathematics. This art required a lot of planning in order to make it realistically well proportioned and perfect. Mathematics is key to art because if the ratio …show more content…
Both of these works grasp towards the genre of drama and express it in different ways. A comedy is amusing and grasps the audience’s attention by the satirical drama while tragedy adds in drama through a character’s suffering, consequences or personal catastrophes. The purpose of comedy and tragedy was to convey a personal message towards the audience and allow them to make decisions on ethical issues. It's about something more deep down than just the story or plays itself because it could represent one’s feelings, society, power, and …show more content…
He included two characters so that the storyline would involve dialogue, but focus on the tragedy itself. His plays had characters go through murders, revenge, heroes and disasters creating the drama he envisioned. Aristophanes is one of the greatest comedic writers of Athens and that’s because his narratives are written about politics, reality, and power in women by adding a twist of using humor to express his ideas. He includes his strategic plans with the pun additives which is simple, but brilliant and that’s what makes his writings funny for the audience. Having both of these types of works gives a relief between each other with the seriousness and comical