ideal, or perfect,figures.
The functions of sculpture in ancient Rome were the same as those in the Greek tradition. Statues were the a bit like an equivalent of paintings because both the Greeks and Romans only had fresco paintings. Originally Roman sculpture was portraiture (busts). Then they adopted Greek sculpture. The best sculptors were Greek. Most Roman sculptors made replica of the 'mass' market. Some Roman statues were about Greek myths.
Polykleitos
The sentence that describes a convention of Classical Greek sculpture is figures show a combination of ideal beauty and naturalistic detail and proportion. Classical sculpture refers loosely to the forms of sculpture from ancient Greece andÊancient Rome.Ê
If the Statue had a visible Penis or bared Breasts then it was accepted otherwise it was considered obscene. -Cable
Figures have strong diagonals and dramatic poses.
George Redford has written: 'A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian--Assyrian--Greek--Roman' -- subject(s): Sculpture 'A manual of ancient sculpture' -- subject(s): Ancient Sculpture, Sculpture, Ancient
Karl Schefold has written: 'Die Bildnisse der antiken Dichter, Redner und Denker' -- subject(s): Greek Portrait sculpture, Greek Sculpture, Portrait sculpture, Greek, Portrait sculpture, Roman, Roman Portrait sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Sculpture, Greek, Sculpture, Roman 'Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst' -- subject(s): Art, Greek, Greek Art 'Die Griechen und ihre Nachbarn' -- subject(s): Ancient Art, Art, Ancient, Art, Greco-Roman, Art, Greek, Greek Art 'Gods and heroes in late archaic Greek art' -- subject(s): Art, Greek, Gods in art, Greek Art, Mythology, Greek, in art 'Kertscher Vasen' -- subject(s): Greek Vases, Vase-painting, Greek, Vases, Greek 'The art of classical Greece' -- subject(s): Art, Greek, Greek Art
The functions of sculpture in ancient Rome were the same as those in the Greek tradition. Statues were the a bit like an equivalent of paintings because both the Greeks and Romans only had fresco paintings. Originally Roman sculpture was portraiture (busts). Then they adopted Greek sculpture. The best sculptors were Greek. Most Roman sculptors made replica of the 'mass' market. Some Roman statues were about Greek myths.
Polykleitos
The sentence that describes a convention of Classical Greek sculpture is figures show a combination of ideal beauty and naturalistic detail and proportion. Classical sculpture refers loosely to the forms of sculpture from ancient Greece andÊancient Rome.Ê
Hephaestus was the ancient Greek god of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry and the art of sculpture.
There were two favored materials for sculpture in ancient Greece. Most surviving statues are made out of either bronze or marble.
They reflect the importance of religion and humans
Edmund von Mach has written: 'Greek sculpture' -- subject(s): Greek Sculpture 'Germany's point of view' -- subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 'A handbook of Greek and Roman sculpture' -- subject(s): Roman Sculpture, Greek Sculpture 'Greek sculpture, its spirit and principles' -- subject(s): Greek Sculpture
Ancient Greek sculpture aimed at expressing perfect beauty and harmony. The Romans revered their ancestors and wanted their exact looks.
Giovanni Becatti has written: 'The art of ancient Greece and Rome, from the rise of Greece to the fall of Rome' -- subject(s): Art, Classical, Classical Art 'Il classico in Raffaello' -- subject(s): Classicism in art 'Scultura greca dalle origini al quinto secolo' -- subject(s): Greek Sculpture, History, Sculpture, Greek 'Scultura greca' -- subject(s): Greek Sculpture, History, Sculpture, Greek 'Arte e gusto negli scrittori latini' -- subject(s): Art in literature, Art, Greco-Roman, Art, Roman, History and criticism, Latin literature, Roman Art 'Oreficerie antiche dalle minoiche alle barbariche' -- subject(s): Ancient Jewelry, Jewelry, Ancient 'Il maestro d'Olimpia' -- subject(s): Greek Sculpture, Olympia (Greece), Sculpture, Sculpture, Greek, Temple of Zeus (Olympia, Greece)
it's style was influenced by ancient Greek and Roman sculptures