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How Did The Minoan Influence Ancient Greek Art

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As a predecessor of Greek and Roman art, virtually nothing regarding the ancient Aegean civilizations is known, especially from the Cyclades. However, the frescoes hailing from the Minoan-influenced Akrotiri in Thera remain for speculation. Surviving a violent volcano eruption comparable to that of Pompeii, the frescos reflect a preference for highly stylized, abstract depictions of nature, utilizing bright colors and serpentine-like lines for decoration. The frescos, for the most part, are peaceful and colorful, perhaps reflecting the peaceful tendencies of the Minoans compared to their Mycenaean counterparts. Such a style is especially demonstrated in the approximately 16th century BCE fresco, the Boxing Boys. While the Aegean pieces that …show more content…

Much of their civilization was built on Greek political values, some of which persisted even when Rome became a grand empire. Their admiration for the Greeks manifested even in their art. Like the Greeks, Romans looked to the human body for their art. The Pantheon itself was designed to consider the limitations of the human body, ensured not to make the viewer seem too big or small for the major architectural achievement. Like the Greeks’ slow evolution of natural human form built from their Minoan predecessors, the Romans regularly built on Greek human form. They had made it a habit to copy the previously bronze sculptures of men, like the Doryphoros, into marble. However, the Romans had different priorities than the Greeks had. Just as the Mycenae was war-oriented, the Romans were famously imperial and more combative. Copies of sculptures were not made solely for public enjoyment, but perhaps more to disseminate images of the ruler to establish his rule just as the first Roman emperor, Augustus, had wanted. From an unknown artist, the Augustus of Primaporta marble sculpture draws many similarities to the Doryphoros. Breaking the traditions of veristic portraits where old age was synonymous with wisdom during the days of the Roman Republic, Augustus instead chose to have his youthful portrait in the Classical Greek style. By having his portrait in that style, Augustus links his likeness with the height of Greek civilization, implying that his empire would enjoy the prosperity that era acquired. The sculpture even subscribes to the canon that is the Doryphoros, its proportions following the Greek ideal. However, while the Romans were enamored by Greek culture, politics was integral to Roman art. Many pieces in Roman art were to convey power as Rome continued its imperial endeavors. Rather than being nude in celebration of the human form like the Greeks, the Roman replicas of Greek human form were clothed,

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The Kelsey Museum Augustus, First Emperor of Rome, is similar and different to many Roman art pieces. The first very obvious style that can be seen is the Augustan period approach, the Augustus of Primaporta statue from Italy, marble copy, from early first century is a great example of this approach. They both have the same exact straight hair strand placement, face shape, and youthful idealized face. Augustus uses the same style throughout all his statues and reliefs, where his forehead is very wide and longer than his chin area. Unlike the prior Republican period style, the Augustan period rejects the veristic style, which is the very extreme expression of oldness.

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Even though the ivory relief has a religious overtone, both are clearly done in the Old and New Rome classical esthetic. “Cast in glittering bronze, like the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius set up nearly 500 years earlier, it attests to the continuity between the art Old and New Rome, where pompous imperial images were commonly displayed at the apex of free standing columns” (Kleiner 258). Both art pieces are a classic example of power, prestige and clemency during their time of

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The gesture of the hands is also similar to those of Augustus and may signify the act of a fallen opponent is aware or apparent before the sculpture was found before it was destroyed. The face of Aurelius also can be identified due to full beard and curly hair in the sculpture which signified intellect. The Roman bust was also a popular style of art in sculpture during Roman civilizations. The sculpture only represents the head of the person such as I portrait would. The wealthy people of Roman would usually get busts of their ancestors in put them in their homes which denoted their lineage.

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The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117 CE), was the most extensive political and social structure of western civilization. Under Trajan, the empire reached its greatest territorial expanse and his admiration for Greek culture spurred new building programs and classicizing works of art throughout the empire. The marble representation of Trajan at the San Antonio Museum of Art known as (The Lansdowne Trajan, 98-117 A.D.) establishes Trajan as a skilled military commander, an affluent ruler and a god that’s why the torso of this sculpture belonged to a statue of a youthful god and later consolidated with Trajan's head. In The Lansdowne Trajan, the unknown artist utilized fine marble, contrapposto pose, shape and line to capture the dynamism of

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The transformation of Rome from a Republic to an empire enabled Roman elites to expand their influence over vast regions along Europe and portions of the middle East. To assert their authority and power, emperors would construct large buildings, magnificent artworks of themselves, and vast forums. For example, the Roman sculpture Augustus of Primaporta created in 20 C.E out of marble succeeding the death of Octavian clearly portrays efforts to convey the authority and power of the Roman Empire. Through implementation of an orator stance and battle inscriptions on the breastplate of Octavian, the refined Augustus of Primaporta effectively sculpts the power and authority of the Roman empire during the times of the Pax Romana.

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The romans also used the Greek technique for pottery. Sculptors and painters used Greek art as a model, however the Romans focused more on the realistic than the Greek idealistic. Greeks tended to sculpt the perfect human form to make it godlike, where as roman artist made more lifelike portraits to celebrate their leaders and important events. The Romans also commissioned versions of Greek works. An example of this would be Roman versions of Greek figurines of Doryphoros

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Julie M Allen ART 101 Dr M Felter 6 October 2017 Polykleitos and Lysippos Polykleitos was an ancient Greek sculptor in bronze of the 5th century BCE. He is the author of The Canon of Polykleitos and the artist of the sculpture of the same name. The Canon is the first document we have showing proportions and rules for scuplture and was written during the late fifth century B.C. The Canon is the most well-known ancient writing about proportion rules in art, and because so much of it has been preserved from ancient times to now, we have some idea of its content. “The aim of the Canon, was not merely to describe a statue but also to achieve to kallos, ‘the beautiful’ and to eu (the perfect or the good) in it.

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Art has been a defining part of the human experience for thousands of years. People make art for a plethora of reasons, to document history and emotions, to discover beauty,and to express and convey ideals that are prominent in a society. Viewing a statue from The Old Kingdom of Egypt and Hellenistic Period of Greece are two entirely different experiences. In one you see a rigid set of rules, put forth by artists before; in the other you see utter realism and emotion. There is no denying the difference between these two pieces of ancient art, two pieces with entirely different cultures, values, and reasons for creating art.

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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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Ushistory. Org states “Ancient Greek art emphasized the importance and accomplishments of human beings. Even though much of Greek art was meant to honor the gods, those very gods were created in the image of humans”( Ushistory.org, 1). Ancient Greek sculptures made of either stone or wood and very few this day. Some sculptures the greeks made were freehanded, human form and preferred nudes.

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The Greek sculptures reach the new height of beauty, not only because the mastery of the technique, but also the fascination of human body. Greek art uses the outer appearance to reflect the inner power, it is the representative pattern of western art. The myth inspires the creation of sculpture. The fantasy of nature and society and the admire of god’s shape and personality makes the sculpture more multiple and abundant.

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In both sculptures the hair is deeply carved and is a vivid feature of the busts. The detail of realism in David’s left hand we can see his veins on his hands when he is holding the slingshot and his ribs near the chest. In the bust of Commodus we can see the similar detail of his hands especially the joints above the knuckle area and how realistic it looks when he’s holding the apples and Hercules club on his. In both busts chest, arms and face are sooth. In both busts these sculptures have the portrait of emperor Commodus and the small town hero David as musculant where as in real life they weren’t this is done because Romans believed that the god made us humans and by showing David and Commodus as being musculant hey are portraying them as gods and God were portrayed to be musculant and strong.

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Uncontrolled emotionalism and shameful truth were now common characteristics to most of them. Still throughout the hellenistic, many sculptures were distinguished by their calmness, grace, and compassion for human suffering. The Ancient Greek sculptures were commonly made from stone or wood and very few of them are still existing to this day. Many were made to reflect the image of a freestanding human form even when the statue was of a god, and for this reason many of the sculptures were naked, the Greeks saw nudity as something beautiful. Other of the sculptures showed athletic figures, to essentially portray what the Greeks perceived as an ideal human and what it should look

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Romans believed in equal voting, and equal access to the government for all, which is also shown in our Democratic Government. Another way Greeks and Romans still influence out modern civilization is through art. Greek art strongly influenced Rome’s art. Greek art continues to play a key role in Literature and Art classes in our modern civilization. Greeks has highly developed literacy, which included drama, poetry, and music.

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