AHS 017A Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Knidos, Platonic Realism, Peloponnesian War

• School: UC Riverside
• Department: Art History
• Course: AHS 017A
• Professor: Conrad Rudolph

Document Summary

Late classical 429-323, following the plague and the peloponnesian war, the attitude of greeks towards their existence changes, rationality had failed to save humanity, this did(cid:374)"t result i(cid:374) a re(cid:448)ersio(cid:374) to the old ways of traditional religion. It (cid:449)as se(cid:374)suous a(cid:374)d did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a real (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g: may have been foreshadowing. Legitimate nudity was reserved for goddesses: carried the meaning of divine. In the scraper the new system of proportions is applied: 7 heads to one body is changed to a more slender 8 heads to one body height, different conception of the space. It reaches out into the space of the viewer: out of the square of the older sculptures, new proportions and space were a new attempt at realism rather the idealism of. Polykleidos: naturalism encompasses realism and idealism, realism is what is seen in nature. Idealism is the platonic form: naturalism: absence of strong schematization, realism is seen in the hair, less perfect proportions, the smaller head.