The Ancient Greeks strove to show the beauty of the human form as realisticly as possible. The 'David' exemplifies this in the muscle tone and high realism.
There is a strong Egyptian bakground.
it's style was influenced by ancient Greek and Roman sculptures
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.
There is no great difference in ideas and ideals. Very important for the Romans, though, was likeness. Greek sculpture endeavoured to be ideally beautiful.
Grekk sculptors sought perfect beauty. Romans wanted a perfect likeness.
it depicts the figure in a natural, contrapposto pose
it depicts the figure in a natural, contrapposto pose
There is a strong Egyptian bakground.
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.
Figures were modeled after Classical sculpture.
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
it's style was influenced by ancient Greek and Roman sculptures
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
Diethelm Krull has written: 'Der Herakles vom Typ Farness' -- subject(s): Art, Hellenistic Sculpture, Heracles (Greek mythology), Influence, Sculpture, Hellenistic
Luciano Laurenzi has written: 'Ritratti greci' -- subject(s): Greek Portrait sculpture, Greek Portraits, Greek Sculpture, Portrait sculpture
Luciano Manino has written: 'Architettura etrusca' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Architecture, Etruscans 'Lezioni di etruscologia' -- subject(s): Architectural Decoration and ornament, Etruscan Sculpture 'Il classicismo nella scultura etrusca' -- subject(s): Etruscan Sculpture, Greek Sculpture, Greek influences, Influence
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