For my museum report I decided to do mine on a Kouros found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. ... The rigid stance with the left leg forward and the marks at the side, was derived form Egyptian art. ... In this early figure almost abstract, geometric forms predominate; and anatomical details are rendered in beautiful anagous patterns. ... Here the artist delineated the figure's anatomy with ridges and grooves that form geometric patterns. ... The eyes are relatively large and wide open, and the mouth forms a characteristic closed-lip smile known as the Archaic smile, used...

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Graves Western Civilization 10/29/00 Roman Art Vs. ... This interest in the order of nature eventually evolved into a fascination with the human form and the idea of human perfection. The way in which the perfect human form was portrayed by Greek artists was of a highly intellectual nature. ... The precision and realism of this sculpture captured a more accurate portrayal of the human form than ever before seen. ... The artist who was responsible for the carving of the Augustus highly modifies the so-called perfect form in order to convey certain symbols of power. ...

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Greek and Roman art gave Western art its classical foundation in form, line, structure, and meaning. ... Parthenon is an example of a classical artistic inheritance in Western art in that it gave them the bases for classical form and structure. ... It has classical form but also anticlassical. ... The body form is perfectly proportional. ... The Greek and Roman art sets the foundation of the base form of classical art. ...

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The Romans, who claimed the Greeks developments as their own, destroyed many of their ideas and art forms. ... They were fascinated with the human form, and this is revealed in most of their artwork. ... These two forms of Greek sculpture along with others can be related to our society today. ... Another Greek art form was their pottery. ... The pottery was useful to their culture, and was only considered to be an art form many years later Painting was displayed on the ceramics because the Greek took great pride in their belongings, and not just because they thought it looked pretty. ...

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Greek and Roman art gave Western art its classical foundation in form, line, structure, and meaning. ... Parthenon is an example of a classical artistic inheritance in Western art in that it gave them the bases for classical form and structure. ... It has classical form but also anticlassical. ... The body form is perfectly proportional. ... The Greek and Roman art sets the foundation of the base form of classical art. ...

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The sculptured forms were more rounded and the faces showed more expression. ... The art of the New Kingdom (1570-1342 B.C.) shows a classic Egyptian style of the Middle Kingdom, a combination of the monumental forms of the Old Kingdom, and the drive and inspiration of the Middle Kingdom. ... Sculpture emerged as a principal form of artistic expression with a technique known as black-figure. ... In Greek religion, gods were in human form and had human personalities. ... In Greek art, measurements were in relation to human scale and organic form. ...

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Art History #1 2. Discuss the continuity versus change in Greek art. ... Greek art influenced and shaped art in a way unmatched by any other civilization in the West. ... The Korous sculpture and many like it lacked the coninutiy the form of the Egyptians and the later forms of the Greeks as seen in the Classical period. ... The Greeks also strove for accurate proportions, and idealized forms. ...

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The rigid stance, with the left leg forward and arms at the side, was derived from Egyptian art. ... Grave stele of a youth and a little girl with finial in the form of a sphinx 530 B.C. ... The same 4-sided structure with grooved indications of anatomical forms and large flat stylized features. Simple concave form of capital imitates the cavetto molding often found in Egypt. ... The Greek's defined what art is today during the Classical period. ...

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST ART Sumerian Statuettes from Tell Asmar 73 35 Figures of many different heights, hands are folded in gesture of prayer. ... VOCABULARY Apadana: an audience hall in a Persian palace Capital: the top element of a column Cuneiform: a system of writing in which the strokes are formed in a wedge or arrow-head shape Cylinder seal: a round piece of carved stone that when rolled onto clay produces an image Facade: the front of a building Ground plan: the map of a floor of a building Hierarchy of scale: a system of representation that expresses a person's importance by the siz...

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Western Civilization 10/29/00 Roman Art Vs. ... This interest in the order of nature eventually evolved into a fascination with the human form and the idea of human perfection. The way in which the perfect human form was portrayed by Greek artists was of a highly intellectual nature. ... The precision and realism of this sculpture captured a more accurate portrayal of the human form than ever before seen. ... The artist who was responsible for the carving of the Augustus highly modifies the so-called perfect form in order to convey certain symbols of power. ...

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The immortal flesh eventually formed into a circle of white foam which created Aphrodite. ... There were many different types of art work ranging from Gothic paintings to Japanese Art. ... Some were from European art and from American art styles. ... There were tours to help explain all of the different art works that were displayed. ... Other parts had Islamic forms of art too. ...

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During the three periods of Greek art, the styles and characteristics of female sculpture greatly changed and evolved. ... There are intricate folds in the garment that form linear patterns along the body's structure. ...

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They were created in a frozen walking stance with their weigh distributed evenly in an unreal symmetrical form. ... Lastly because of the realism in figure form that was achieved, sculptors were now able to carve body hair in the appropriate places more accurately. ... In general, today art serves a much different purpose. "Art for art's sake." ... As for the role art should play in religion, I think it should be done with care. ...

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The Roman's were also great literalists, who ruled supreme in the art of rhetoric. ... A naturalistic form of art took place evolved that placed human beings as they might ideally look like. This approach in art was passed down to the Romans and disappeared to emerge strongly in the renaissance era. ... The legacy of Hellenism in the east is reflected in art as far away as China. ... It is true Rome made incredible changes and developments to Greek ideas, Philosophies, politics, warfare, art and other contributions, but Greek civilization formed the foundation for Rome. ...

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This is how the Grecian art form transformed from the beginning of their time. ... The artists started showing body as no one has seen it before in art. ... From the Archaic to the Hellenistic, the Greeks told stories with their art. ... Greek art became a very "emotional art," in the Hellenistic period, they did not just make a sculpture, they made a person, they told a story in their sculptures. ... Grecian art will always be referred to as some of the best art for the rest of our lives; the art will always be there to look at, to adore....

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Another popular element of Ancient Greek art of this time was Idealism, or the representation of the "ideal" human, perfect in every way. ... The Hellenistic period also fell in a time when the woman figure was being discovered and revealed in art. ... The treatment of the form is also an important aspect of a work of art. ... The form is also portrayed in a very naturalistic position and setting with all signs presenting the person sleeping or resting. The lighting of the piece is also pertinent to the treatment of the form. ...

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We explored their land and time, daily life, religion and death, the economy, and art. ... They worshiped many Gods whom they believed appeared in human form and yet were endowed with superhuman strength and ageless beauty. ... These had an important impact on Greek art during its formative years (750-600 BC). ... Art was important to Greek society. ... Their land, time, daily life, religion, death, economy, and art are all important within Greek society. ...

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But the one form of art that has never died is the art of comedy theater. ... The reason that this form of entertainment has remained so popular among all people is the fact that people never become board of having fun. ... Cyrano de Bergerac has been translated into many languages, has been revised and rewritten into new plays and movies with a positive response form the public in many occasions. ...

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They created plays that are still considered among the greatest works of art in theater. ... In it's final form, the theater seated 20,000 people and the distance of even the nearest spectators from the actors, more then ten meters away, created a non-naturalistic approach to the acting. ... Ancient Greek theater was born between 600 and 200 BC, and if it did not come about, some of the worlds greatest works of art would have never been seen by everyone here, and alive today. ...

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Along with these works of writing and art, terms and concepts to define these works were established. ... In literary works such as "The Odyssey", "Allegory of the Cave" and "Antigone", and in such forms as "Sculptures", or the Parthenon, we are able to see these how the Greeks developed these new concept words. ... Ancient Greece was a civilization of great importance, giving new life to world literature, architecture, and art....

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Vitruvius, a significant figure of the first century BC and perhaps more so in current times, explained that the ancients discovered the timeless principles as they experimented with their forms. By rejecting failures and retaining successes, they refined forms until eventually they could no longer improve their designs. ... Through the borrowing of design concepts and ideas from influential figures of the past, architects are exposed to greater levels of thought and correspondingly, new and inventive forms. ... In contemporary design, materials play just as an important role in form as struc...

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The Athenians strived to achieve perfection in everything they did, which is demonstrated both in their architecture and art. Because of their emphasis on the individual, the Athenians excelled at portraying the human form, which often appeared on vases and sculptures. ... In addition to their spectacular architecture, and art, the Athenians also placed great importance on literature and philosophy. ... They had no art, literature, or spectacular architecture, with which we associated a great intellectual civilization. ... Art, philosophy, and literature were nonexistent, not becau...

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This was a great step in how architecture developed, because now not only the church was interested in art and architecture, more and more people of the time were paying attention to how things looked. ... The architects and builders form the renaissance period liked the shapes of ancient roman buildings because of the simplicity and the design elements used to make things look pleasant. ... The rich families of Italy became patrons of the arts; this caused more of society to be interested in things like art and architecture. ...

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(Perry, 84) Their need for growth led them to form a republic. ... (Perry 85) Both Greeks and Romans tried to realize some form of democracy. ... (Perry 95) The Greek and Roman cultures truly revolutionized the art of civilization. ...

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As with all art, certain creations stand out as being the best. ... Though they are art, the message that they communicate is a message that is intended to preserve order and generate confidence in the democratic system by which they governed themselves. ... On the other hand, the Athenian rulers could not revoke the freedoms of her people and form a 1984-like society. ... It is also, however, adorned with decorations that depict the chaos of the nature and exemplify the beauty of art. ...

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