ARTHI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ancient Greek Temple, Exekias, Ancient Greek
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The structure signals importance, democracy, and an ideal in society. Plato: all the things in the world is ideals. Part of the aesthetic quality of beauty is proportions. A sound and fit body reflected a good mind. Image of man with focus of the human body. Not made to be art or for museums. Votive statues, commemorating men who died young and have a consistent legacy after death. Dedicated to them but not a portrait, idealistic. First full length image that stands on its own. Muscles, you can tell it"s a man, rigid ribs. Pose - stiff, and both heels are up in a sense that they are walking but people don"t normally walk like that. A small grin that looks like it"s about to go into a smile. Not a sense of emotion but a symbol that they were once alive. Ideal: athletic nudity (men) & modern clothed (women) Figures and scenes from ancient greek myths and stories.
