Welcome everyone! On today’s tour at the Royal Ontario Museum we will travel back before 1500 CE and you will learn about six artworks that have been chosen from two different cultures; Greece and Rome. The six different artworks that we will be looking at are sculptures. By the end of the tour you will have the ability to comprehend the differences and similarities found between Greek and Roman art revolving around the female figure.
To start, a good fact to know of Greek Gods in Roman Egypt; the Ptolemaic rule and the influx of Greeks fostered the growth of Greek gods in Egypt. Meaning that; by the Roman period, the Olympian gods were firmly established there. The ready identification of certain Greek and Egyptian deities, for example; Aphrodite, …show more content…
“But did this only involve Roman perspectives?” Yes, that is true as this sculpture is a whole-body depiction of a sculpture of the goddess created during the Roman era.
Everyone take a look around you, now can anyone tell me, who invented nude art? “The Greeks..?” Yes! These sculptures are intended to be idealistic with intention to amalgamate the philosophies that involve motive and desire. Through the mind and body, we can see the effort made to perfect both of these concepts, resulting to a world that consists of having perfect proportions to their sculptures.
Furthermore, as we all take a few steps behind us, we can see a statue, this statue is called “Aphrodite of the ‘Venus Genetrix’ Type”. There are many existing copies of this statue which always present the goddess draped in transparent attire. As I had stated in the previous artwork that we looked at; female beauty seem to always be commemorated in many different variations of nude or semi-nude figures of the goddess Aphrodite. “Is it true that one of the greatest achievements of Greek art, involved very accurate portraiture of the living?” Yes. Absolutely, it
To start, a good fact to know of Greek Gods in Roman Egypt; the Ptolemaic rule and the influx of Greeks fostered the growth of Greek gods in Egypt. Meaning that; by the Roman period, the Olympian gods were firmly established there. The ready identification of certain Greek and Egyptian deities, for example; Aphrodite, …show more content…
“But did this only involve Roman perspectives?” Yes, that is true as this sculpture is a whole-body depiction of a sculpture of the goddess created during the Roman era.
Everyone take a look around you, now can anyone tell me, who invented nude art? “The Greeks..?” Yes! These sculptures are intended to be idealistic with intention to amalgamate the philosophies that involve motive and desire. Through the mind and body, we can see the effort made to perfect both of these concepts, resulting to a world that consists of having perfect proportions to their sculptures.
Furthermore, as we all take a few steps behind us, we can see a statue, this statue is called “Aphrodite of the ‘Venus Genetrix’ Type”. There are many existing copies of this statue which always present the goddess draped in transparent attire. As I had stated in the previous artwork that we looked at; female beauty seem to always be commemorated in many different variations of nude or semi-nude figures of the goddess Aphrodite. “Is it true that one of the greatest achievements of Greek art, involved very accurate portraiture of the living?” Yes. Absolutely, it