How Did Roman Culture Influence Greek Sculpture

The Greek artist's goals were to capture the human form in their sculptures, especially that of Gods and other people. The Greeks were specific to naturalistic poses and for example, the use of contrapposto pose. Additionally, they made sure their traditional dress was shown within their sculptures i.e. the cloak. Found on the Eastern Mediterranean island of Rhodes was a life-sized sculpture of an aristocratic boy during the Augustun-era. This statue clearly was influenced by Greek culture.

To beginning with, I believe that this sculpture clearly indicates just how much Romans were influenced by Greek culture. According to the Roman copies Greek statues essay, Romans were “impressed by the wealth, culture, and beauty of the Greek cities.”

Especially, contrapposto is when a figure stands on a leg placing all the weight and the other leg is completely relaxed. This pose causes the figure’s hips and shoulders to rest on opposite sides and giving a slight s curve to the entire torso. This was originally created by the ancient Greeks. According to emptyeasel.com, “contrapposto was created to give their statues more human characteristics.” The earliest Greek statues did not have the lifelike look to it. The figures were usually faced front with its shoulders and hips facing the same direction and most of the time one foot slightly in front of the other. If a human tried to stand in that pose, it would be impossible for the human hips to move in a different direction. After the Greeks observed the human body in motion. The Greeks were able to develop new ideas to use the contrapposto pose to represent the human body in their sculptures. They wanted to see perfection in their sculptures. The Romans used the Greeks method of structure in their statues. The aristocratic boy is standing in a contrapposto pose. With most of his weight on his left leg, and his right leg is relaxed. The boy’s shoulders and arms sort of twist off-axis from the hips and legs. The Romans copied the Greeks contrapposto pose in their Statues, especially in this one. Also, he is in a speaking pose position. Another naturalistic pose that was influenced

The clothing style of the Greeks was fashionable and simple, it was a plain long rectangular sheet that was wrapped around the body, and was fastened with pins. The pins allowed the sheet of clothing to be worn in many different ways. According to GreekinfluenceonRome.com “ the Romans adopted this dress style of the Greeks.” The Romans admired the Greek culture so much that the bronze statue of the aristocratic boy is wearing a Greek cloak instead of the Roman togas. The cloak feels lumpy and looks wrinkly, like vertical and some horizontal folds. The reason the cloak has these horizontal and vertical folds is that the cloak is supposed to look like it is shaping the body. The cloak shapes his right leg and his buttocks and his thigh down to his knee. The idea is to look naturalistic. The cloak is falling off his left shoulder and aristocratic boy is holding part of the cloak in his left