Art History I -week 5 homework by Carla S Wallace

Watch the video and answer one of the following:

cwallace7 — 2015-10-22 20:08:35 UTC

What Egyptian influences can you see in the Greek Kouros?

What is one difference between Archaic and Classical Greek sculpture?

Watch the video and answer one of the following:

cwallace7 — 2015-10-22 20:13:49 UTC

What did the Greeks do with their damaged statues?

What is contrapposto?

What advantages did bronze have over marble for sculpture?

Why are the eyes "hollow" on the Kritian Boy?

Samaya Malone

2016-02-02 16:41:40 UTC

Video 1:
The posture of the sculpture is strongly influenced by Egyptian culture. The Greek Kouros is extremely frontal, the hands are to the side and the leg posture is like the Egyptian sculptures. The headdress is even similar to the Egyptian style.
Video 2:
When the statues were destroyed they would bury them.

Miranda Phillips

2016-02-03 17:10:39 UTC

The Egyptian influence is apparent in the Kouros in many ways. It has a rigid stance & it's very proportional. It also has a head dress with an Egyptian appearance. The pose is just like many Egyptian statues & its also an idealistic form.

Miranda Phillips

2016-02-03 17:18:15 UTC

Contrapposto is a pose. It's chacterized by weight shifted onto one leg, which causes the symmetry of the body to shift. One knee is higher than the other, the hips aren't aligned & the shoulders are down & back. It's a more realistic, relaxed, & non-rigid pose.

Devan Winger

dwinger1 — 2016-02-03 21:51:29 UTC

Video 1:
Archaic is only a frontal statue, Very idealized. No motion. No emotion, just still figures. See a lot of Egyptian influence some standardized geometrical shapes in the body and face with a forced smile and stylized eyes and hair in beaded rose. Classical Greek sculpture is idealized, but emotion and realism is starting to creep in. Human forms are much more naturalistic like real life and are in the round to be viewed from all sides.

Video 2:
With Marble there are drawbacks, Marble is rarer, therefore more expensive than several other types of rock or material used in sculpture. It is also extremely heavy, making transportation difficult. Also, compared to bronze, marble has a lower tensile strength and is vulnerable to cracking when extended (ballet-style) poses are attempted. It is significantly less weather-resistant. Bronze allowed limbs to be more separated from the torso, this is very hard with marble and if achieved is very hard to keep from breaking.

Kayla Speer

2016-02-03 22:45:39 UTC

This statue has many Egyptian references. For example the head dress, the strong firm pose with its hands to the side and the foot placement.

Halie Vertrees

2016-02-04 14:51:22 UTC

The Egyptian influences that are present on the statue include a frontal view, which in turn means it can only be viewed from the front or the back. The mans hands are to his side along with he is wearing a headdress. The difference between the archaic and classical Greek sculpture is that in classical Greek they are life like and life-sized. That includes the details and even the stance of the sculpture. This sculpture is in the classical Greek section of the museum due to its realism appearance if I heard correctly.

Halie Vertrees

2016-02-04 14:58:49 UTC

The Greeks took their damaged sculptures and buried them which is very surprising to me. I feel like they would be the ones to find another way to use them. For anything.

Amy Hill

2016-02-05 00:58:12 UTC

Archaic sculpture is not rounded, very frontal and back. Its an idealized male form. Very stiff, geometric period. Classical Greek is very life like. Its more anatomically correct.

Contrapposto is a pose where the body is shifted onto one leg and as a result one shift in one part of the body effects the rest of the body but it acts in unison but the axis of hip is no longer in line.

Brianna Kazmierzak

briannakaz — 2016-02-05 15:25:36 UTC

The Greek Kouros is very similar to the Egyptian statues: The statue is not a specific individual and is instead very idealized. The stature of the body looks very sturdy, and the legs and face are both facing forward, just like the Egyptian style.

The eyes are hollow on the Kritian Boy because at one time they had glass paste insertions. They did this instead of sculpting them because the glass gives the eyes a more realistic look. Its interesting because this is something typically done with bronze sculptures; marble sculptures typically don't have hollowed out eyes.

Mariah Mahoney

2016-02-05 16:02:26 UTC

Video 1: Archaic: Very idealized. No motion. No emotion. Just still figures.
Classical: Still idealized, but emotion and realism is starting to creep in.

Video 2: A contrapposto is an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with while balancing those of the hips and legs.

Jody Gillenwater

2016-02-06 16:35:13 UTC

Video 1:

What is one difference between Archaic and Classical Greek sculpture? The poses. Archaic was very rigid, formal and symmetrical and usually designed for straight forward viewing. The Classical was flowing, curved, with the heads turned to the side, asymmetrical and allowed for 360 degree viewing.

Video2:

Why were the eyes “hollow” on the Kritian Boy? The eyes were made separately and were inset later on similar to what was done on bronze statues. They were most likely made of glass paste and would have had lifelike detail.

Brooke Corder

2016-02-07 02:54:25 UTC

video #1

The greek kouros had many influences from egyptian art. They were idealized and represented perfection of the man body, hands were locked at the sides, one foot was stepping forward with both knees locked, feet flat on the ground, and had a square almost triangular torso. This statue was stiff and only made sense from the front or back. These sculptures were standardized and formalized into geometric shapes. They were used as grave markers.

video #2

The greeks buried their damaged statues which likely occurred when the persians invaded.

Contrapposto is when the weight is shifted onto one leg. When this happens the alignment of the body is shifted and creates a more relaxed and realistic pose vs. the kouros statue which is much stiffer. One knee is higher than the other, the axis of the hips aren't aligned which causes the torso to shift and be more compressed on one side, and shoulders were down and back.

Bayley McCary

2016-02-08 21:12:13 UTC

1: Archaic sculptors were influenced by Egyptian culture; they are still figures with no emotion. They are stiff but geometric.
2: Contrapposto is a certain pose the body can create. It is a more relaxed, realistic pose. An asymmetrical arrangement in the human body.

Jordan Lawes

2016-02-08 22:16:17 UTC

One of the advantages bronze had over marble was the fact that it allowed you sculptor to form the limbs further away from the body because it didn't need support to be held up like marble sculptures did.

Some Egyptian influences that can be seen in the Greek Kouros are the arms being locked to the sides, the stepping forward with the knees locked, as well as the headdress that looks similar to an Egyptian headdress

Stephen Broyles

2016-02-24 20:35:45 UTC

video 1: The Greek Kouros had many influences to The Egyptian style of art ranging from the headdress, hands being locked at the sides and they even implemented the one foot stepping forward style as did the Egyptian sculptures.

Video 2: The Greeks buried their damaged staues

Theo Wilson

2016-03-02 10:06:24 UTC

Video 1:
The hollowed eyes in the Kritian Boy was a reference back to bronze sculpture, where they would hollow out the eyes and inlay glass eyes for give the sculptures a lifelike quality as opposed to painted eyes on the marble sculpture.
Video 2:
The difference between Archaic and Classical sculpture is the naturalistic style - Classical is more true to life by following proportion, having a true understanding of muscles and finally losing that archaic smile in favor of more natural features.

Scott Major

2016-03-02 15:37:28 UTC

Contrapposto is a pose used in their statues. It is where weight is shifted into one leg. The hips are angled. The shoulders are relaxed. It is a much more relaxed and calm stance.

Scott Major

2016-03-02 15:40:21 UTC

When the statues were destroyed. They would bury them.

CoreyAn Thomas

2016-03-02 22:34:10 UTC

Contrapposto: is a pose where weight is shifted onto one leg. Shown to be a relaxed posed. The eyes are hollow on the Kritian Boy is be cause in a bronze sculpture the eyes would be glass to give it a life like look to the artwork.

James Burnett

2016-03-03 00:20:31 UTC

Contrapposto was a pose where one knee is higher then the other, the hips arent aligned, and the shoulders are usually back. they felt this gave the statues a more relaxed pose. you can also notice that the weight is usually shifted onto one leg.