Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Modern Art, Herma, Brasidas

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Alexis Dolphin

Document Summary

Human body and the beauty of the human body: unusual. Kritios boy, 3"10 , 480 bce: greek art suddenly finds new approaches to the human body. We don"t have much after this because the persians burned athens to the ground. Vow made to the gods: found about 40 years ago. Made of bronze, very unusual, very valuable: don"t usually have a lot of bronze art b/c when barbarians come they melt down the bronze and take it. Most bronze statues are come across accidentally: marble statues are always an imitation of bronze. Bronze statues are the more faithful imitation: they have molds bronze could be poured into, ivory eyes, neutral facial expression. Riace warriors: c. 455, bronze, 6"9, 6"6, found on another ship wreck in italy, super sophisticated. Bearded indicating grown men: warrior a and warrior b. Thought because most statues were attached to buildings. Found roughly 2000 years after it was created: 2 dimensional, completely different posture.