CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Amphora, Mycenaean Greece, Exekias
7 Nov 2017
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Free standing sculpture: bronze charioteer of delphi, more stiff character. To the lower abdomen, the character is very stiff: very symmetrical hair style. Shows almost no emotion: moving on in the evolution of sculpture from the kouros, bronze zeus or poseidon, or god of artemisium, the figure is bronze. As opposed to modelling the human body naturally, they made it idealized. This isn"t a model of a person, this is an idealized human body made by greek sculptors: one hand is forward for balance, and a spear is in the other. The weight is on the left foot: the figure is bearded, and has his eye wherever he is aiming. Fifth century sculptors: myron, phidias, the sculptor in charge of the parthenon. He supervised all of the sculptors at the parthenon: the pediment, the metope, and the frieze are seen at the parthenon, we also call the parthenon sculptures the elgin marbles.
