The Greeks were more idealistic and practical unlike the Romans. The Romans had a more realistic instead of idealism approach which helped the diverse cultures they had. An example of idealistic artwork is figure 16.4 on page 258. This are can represent what the Greeks think how things should be. This resembles a deep meaning from their history. A Greek philosopher Plato taught that behind the imperfections of transitory reality was the permanent, ideal form. Thus, to create the ideal individual became the goal of Greek artists. (Frank 255) A great representation of a Greek idealization of human figures is shown through figure 16.5 on page 259. The Parthenon was an idealistic artwork for the Greeks while the Colosseum, figure 16.9
