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Greek Sculpture Transition: The Severe Period (480-450 BC)

Explore the characteristics of Greek sculpture during the Severe Period, known for simplicity, idealized forms, and emotional expression through bronze sculptures lacking Archaic smiles. Discover how this period marked a shift towards more dynamic and proportional representations, influencing future artistic movements.

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Greek Sculpture Transition: The Severe Period (480-450 BC)

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  1. The Severe Period: 480- 450 BC • simplicity of forms, especially clothes, and absence of decoration; • a feeling of heaviness both in the body and the material of the peplos; • characters are harmonic and idealised; • beauty is conceived as the proportion among the parts; • images reflected the forms of dynamism;not static • simmetry is broken by the arms; • no fixed Archaic smile • Sculptors try to express emotions in their works; • many works are known through Roman copies made in marble. The Greek originals were in bronze; • the bronze is modelled with the technique of the lost wax.

  2. Three Types of Sculpture • Archaic : 600 – 480 BC - Severe: 480-450 BC • Classical: 480 – 323 BC • Hellenistic: 323 – 31 BC

  3. WHAT?____________________ WHO?______________________ WHEN?____________________ HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ WHERE?_______________________________________________ Description ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Arms lifted, not simmetric

  4. WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (what is he holding?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A belt a ribbon

  5. WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (has it got a simmetric stance?)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Discus (to throw) Nude/ naked

  6. The statue is Looking to the right • WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (hairstyle? Clothes?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  7. mysterious • WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ hooded cloak

  8. WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (is it still in good state?)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To look downwards To lean backwards

  9. To look in front/ ahead • WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (is it still in good state?)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s missing?

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