Today in class we worked on our part of a large Power Point, which was about Ancient Greek Art.

• Instead of creating realistic works, Greek sculptors made statues that they felt reflected real beauty.
• The established artistic standards that the Greeks created, strongly have influenced the Western World today. Statues would show more cleavage than we Americans are used to.
  It would be in great detail to the point where it looks like the sculpture was real.
  Also the statues would be a great size. Some statues were 40 feet tall! That’s very impressive knowing that they didn't have any technological machines. They were very impressive. Greek life was dominated by religion and so it is not surprising that the temples of ancient Greece were the biggest and most beautiful. They also had a political purpose as they were often built to celebrate civic power and pride.
  • A Greek sculptor of the High Classical Period, Polykleitos (Polyclitus) is considered one of the most important and greatest sculptors of classical antiquity, along with Phidias (488-431) and Myron (480-444). He created mainly bronze sculpture and his most famous works, none of which survive today except in replica, include his Canon of Polykleitos and his Amazing figure.