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Black Figure Vs Ancient Greek Art

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1. Compare and contrast the black-figure style of vase painting with that of the red-figure style in both technique and illusionism in painting. You must use the provided examples in your textbook to support your essay.

During the time of ancient Greek art there were two styles of vase painting, one being black-figure and the other red-figure. Black figure vase painting is when the composition is in black silhouettes on a red clay vessel. Black being such a heavy color, artist used white and purple to highlight certain areas with more depth and sometimes using a needle for additional details. A good example of a black-figure painting is figure 5.25 Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice where both men are with war items such as the spears that is …show more content…

Discuss the development of the human figure in Greek art from the Archaic through the Hellenistic periods. Please support your written statements with the provided examples.

In Greek art human figures was such a staple in their culture, and of course over time techniques change. During the Archaic period their human figures were commonly in an upright position and proportional in body measurements. They were normally known as kore (maiden) and kuros (youth), two examples in the book would be figure 5.13 called Kore and figure 5.14 New York Kouros. The human figure at this time tended to be box like figures with a stiff feel to it. The facial features were large eyes and bold arched eye brows, and besides those features it wasn’t very detailed. A neat way to date a human figure in the Archaic times is that the lips are drawn up on both sides which came to be known as the Archaic smile. During the Hellenistic period the human figures got more detailed and softer in appearance. The bold arched eyebrows turned into more realistic eyebrows like figure 5.70 titled Portrait Head. In this period the sculptures were high relief and popped out more. The two styles well known in this period were the baroque style which dealt with emotions and gestures while Rococo style was more majestic by making mythical creatures like figure 5.75 titled Aphrodite, Pan and Eros with the half human half goat. Although with Rococo style being more creative the Hellenistic period focused on

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