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How was Greek sculpture different from earlier Egyptians sculpture?
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Grekk sculptors sought perfect beauty. Romans wanted a perfect likeness.
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What were the ideals of classical Greek art?
Classical Greek sculpture is simple, balanced, and restrained. The expression of a figure is genrally solemn. The aesthetic principle in classical Greek sculpture was one of refinement, balance, and simplicity.
How could Greek idealism in sculpture be compared with Roman realism?
There is no great difference in ideas and ideals. Very important for the Romans, though, was likeness. Greek sculpture endeavoured to be ideally beautiful.
What subject was central to greek art and culture?
Sculpture of the human body
Why the Greek head could be of any young man but the Roman bust is very specific in sculpture?
Ancient Greek sculpture aimed at expressing perfect beauty and harmony. The Romans revered their ancestors and wanted their exact looks.
Most surviving greek sculpture is made of what?
There were two favored materials for sculpture in ancient Greece. Most surviving statues are made out of either bronze or marble.
How did Greek sculpture in the Golden Age differ from the earlier Greek and Egyptian sculpture?
It idealised the human body.
What has the author Edmund von Mach written?
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
Which statement best describes one way that Classical Greek sculpture influenced Roman sculptors?
Greek sculpture influenced the Romans from the 2nd century BC. Prominent 1st century BC and 1st century AD Romans such as Cicero and Pliny the Elder greatly admired the innovative work of classical Greek sculpture artists, such as Polykleitos. However, the Romans did not produce much sculpture based on the classical Greek model. Their sculpture was predominantly portraiture (see below) until , from the 1st century AD, the Romans adopted Hellenistic sculpture, which took sculpture to a different level, as a model for their own sculpture. Prior to the influence of Greek sculpture, Roman sculpture was portraiture sculpture (busts). Their portraiture sculpture is regarded as the best sculpture of this kind ever produced.
What has the author Carl Bluemel written?
Carl Bluemel has written: 'Greek sculptors at work' -- subject(s): Greek Sculpture, Sculpture grecque 'Greek sculptors at work' -- subject(s): Greek Sculpture, Sculptors, Sculpture, Technique
What has the author Luciano Laurenzi written?
Luciano Laurenzi has written: 'Ritratti greci' -- subject(s): Greek Portrait sculpture, Greek Portraits, Greek Sculpture, Portrait sculpture
What has the author Karl Schefold written?
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
What has the author Ulrich Hausmann written?
Ulrich Hausmann has written: 'Griechische Weihreliefs' -- subject(s): Greek Sculpture, Relief (Sculpture), Sculpture, Greek, Votive offerings
What has the author Spyros Meletzees written?
Spyros Meletzees has written: 'National Museum of Archaeology, Athens' -- subject(s): Catalogs, Greek Sculpture, Sculpture, Sculpture, Greek
What has the author Ruurd B Halbertsma written?
Ruurd B. Halbertsma has written: 'Beeldhouwkunst uit Hellas en Rome' -- subject- s -: Classical Sculpture, Greek Sculpture, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden, Roman Sculpture, Sculpture, Sculpture, Classical, Sculpture, Greek, Sculpture, Roman
Were Egyptians Greek?
No they were just Egyptians
What has the author Frederick R Grace written?
Frederick R. Grace has written: 'Archaic sculpture in Boeotia' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Greek Sculpture, Terra-cotta sculpture, Terra-cotta sculpture, Greek
What has the author Hellmut Sichtermann written?
Hellmut Sichtermann has written: 'Griechische Vasen in Unteritalian aus der Sammlung Jatta in Ruvo ...' 'Sophokles' -- subject(s): Art, Greek Portrait sculpture, Greek Sculpture, Portrait sculpture, Greek, Sculpture, Greek 'Winckelmann in zwanzigsten Jahrhundert' -- subject(s): Appreciation, Criticism and interpretation
