Greek art

From Greek to English, the word “kouros” translates into young man. Such is the purpose of the Kouroi movement at the start of the Archaic Period in Greece, to represent young, strong men in funerary art. A man in his grave would not want to be remembered or represented as an old man, as told by Minnermus of Colophon in his poetry, where he stated, “But once old age with its sorrows advances upon us, it makes a man feeble and ugly alike” (Minnermus). These human sized statues were very much…

Within the history of art, there has been many comparisons with different type of artwork from different histories, but they all each had their similarity, yet differences because of the time era that they were in and what they were created for. Each artworks throughout the history all had a meaning behind them and sometime the meaning of each piece of art overlap with one another. The Minoan Snake Goddess and the Greek Aphrodite of Knidos have many features in common, but they also have other…

Although Greek sculptures were heavily influenced by early Egyptian art, the Greeks managed to develop their own style and take the sculpture to a new level, emphasizing on anatomy and human emotion. Myron (active 480-440 BCE) and Polykleitos (Polyclitus) (5th century BCE) are two artists that I believe created new innovations and "pushed the envelope" in depicting the human form. Myron was noted to be one of the greatest sculptors during the Early Classical period. He was mainly known for his…

After being introduced to the history of the visual arts from the Paleolithic period I noticed myself becoming more attracted to the various elements and forms from the ancient Greeks specifically starting from the time of the Archaic Period to the Hellenistic Period. As I was visiting J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, I specifically was looking out for works of art done by the ancient Greeks and while being there I discovered sculptures that were more commonly nude males made of bronze and marble…

achievements of humans. Furthermore, much of the Greek art was to honor the gods, in which the gods were created in the persona of humans. In similar contrast, the artwork from the period of the Panathenaic games, illustrated Athena and some sort of athletic event. Between the beginning of the sixth and by the end of the fourth centuries B.C., new techniques were starting to be used to decorate the fine pottery. Throughout many cities all over the Greek world celebrations in honor of deities…

Both the Greeks and Roman were civilized on the Mediterranean Sea, similar enough latitudinal for both to grow wine and olives, but with very different terrain. Ancient Rome was an inland country where they were separated from the Tibet River. Unfortunately, the Italic Tribes lived on the other side did not have the hillside to keep the Romans out. However, Ancient Greece was separated by the hilly countryside which allowed them to be city-states with high elevation called acropolis. The goal…

is not the case. Artist tend to be passionate people, who have to work hard and self advocate for their work in order to stay afloat in the economic driven world. In ancient Greek and Roman times, the great artisans who create the beautiful marble works vases of the time were slaves. Meticulously toiling to produce beautiful art for the wealthy to enjoy was there one job and passion in life. Because of their dedication, modern civilization now can admire the creation of ancient times. Often…

different than what I could have had in Romania. The people that adopted me, my mom and dad, have given me everything I could have ever wanted in life, just like parents would do for a biological child. In class, we discussed the case study on Art, specifically fake art. When listening to the conversation, I made some connections to adoption. The first connection is the idea of “fake blood”, or in other words a child/parent relationship that is not connected by blood. Many families have issues…

Introduction The Greeks were the most successful ancient civilization. First, they created the Olympics, at first it was a 1 day festival to honor Zeus in 776 B.C, then it changed in 472 B.C to a 5-day event of competitive athletic games that attracted athletes from all social classes. Second, they created different types of art. They made sculptures from stone, marble, and bronze. Lastly, they were great architects. They constructed buildings with huge columns. The Olympic…

one learn about the world of an ancient society? Art from the ancient worlds have been analyzed to mark different periods in time, artistic styles, and the changing cultural context within the art works. To learn about the Ancient Greeks, sculptures as well as pottery, among other things, from their time have often been studied. Some examples of Ancient Greek pottery are vases, such as the amphora and column-kraters (Figures A, B, C). Ancient Greek pottery, vases in this case, can be used to…