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How was the purpose served by architecture and sculpture in the Hellenistic period similar to the purpose served by these arts in the Golden Age of Athens?
The purpose served by architecture and sculpture in the Hellenistic period similar to the purpose served by these arts in the Golden Age of Athens because both in the Hellenistic period and the Golden Age of Athens were people experiencing architecture and sculpture where the Hellenistic period Golden Age of Athens. This should teach you to actually look it up yourself.
How did greek sculptures differ from those of Egyptian sculptures and Roman sculptures?
Greek statues were naturalistic, while the Egyptian ones were stylised. Roman sculpture in the Republican period was highly realistic portraiture (busts). In the period of rule by emperors the Romans adopted full bodied statues and they were modelled on the Hellenistic sculpture of the Greeks.
How did the Reniassance artists portray the human body?
Roman republican sculpture was sculptural portraiture (busts) which was highly realistic in a "warts and all" manner. It highlighted the signs of age of statesmen because age was associated with wisdom. It also represented the republican ideas of dignitas, integritas et gravitas. With rule by emperors the Romans adopted the full bodied statues of the Hellenistic style of the Greeks. At this point Romans and Greek sculpture became pretty much the same. The emperors were depicted as being young and the vigour of youth was often presented as a leadership quality. Statues also became idealised and mythologised in imitation of the statues of the Hellenistic rulers. The statues of Classical Greek sculpture represented the human body in a realistic and faithful. It also started paying more attention to posture and movement. Hellenistic statues (both Greek and Roman) increased the detail of their depiction of the human body, particularly the musculature. They also took the study and depiction of movement further, taking it to a new level. Hellenistic sculpture also developed the ability to reproduce human emotions with great intensity. A prime example of this is the acute intensity of the pain, the extreme torsion of the body and the great detail of the muscles of Laocoon in the statue called Laocoon and His Sons. This statue has been seen as "the prototypical icon of human agony" in Western art,
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.
