the archaic smile
The Getty Kouros. c. 530 BCE or modern forgery
Kroisos (Kouros from Anavysos). c. 525 BC. Marble, height 6’4”.
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Ancient Rome
the archaic smile |
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The Getty Kouros. c. 530 BCE or modern forgery |
Kroisos (Kouros from Anavysos). c. 525 BC. Marble, height 6’4”. |
Classic Period
400 - 323 BCE
Polykleitos. Doryphoros (spear bearer). Roman copy after Greek original bronze of 450 - 440 BCE. Marble. Height 6' 6".
Michelangelo. David. 1501 - 4. |
contrapposto = Italian for "opposite," a sculptural devicea, originated by the ancient Greeks, in which the standing human figure is poised such that the weight rests on one leg (called the engaged leg), freeing the other leg, which is bent at the knee. With the weight shift, the hips, shoulders, and head tilt, suggesting relaxation with the subtle internal organic movement that denotes life. |
Riace Warrior A, found in the sea off Riace, Italy. c. 450 BC. Bronze, height 6’ 8”.
Iktinos, Kallikrates, and Karpion. The Parthenon (view from the west), Akropolis, Athens. 448 – 432 BC.
Phidias. Athena Parthenos. c. 438 BC. Model of the lost statue, of which was approx. 38’ tall. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
Hellenistic Period
323 - 146 BCE
Knidian Aphrodite. Roman copy after an original of c. 340 – 330 BC, by Praxiteles. Marble, height 6’8”.
The Battle of Issos or the Battle of Alexander and the Persians.
Mosaic copy from Pompeii of a Hellenistic painting of c. 315 BC. 8’11” X 16’ 9 ½”.
The Battle of Issos or the Battle of Alexander and the Persians (detail).
Mosaic copy from Pompeii of a Hellenistic painting of c. 315 BC. 8’11” X 16’ 9 ½”.
Perhaps by Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydoros of Rhodes. The Laocoon Group (present state, former restorations removed).
1st century BC. Marble, height 7’.
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