Development of sculpture in the 4th century BC

relaxed pose
1. more advanced relaxed pose
2. trailing leg
  1. used by praxiteles
  2. developed by polykletian
3. tilted hip
4. weight on one leg
5. bent leg
contrapposto
1. developed by Polykleitos
2. 1/4s of the human body
  1. 1/2 action
  2. 1/2 movement
    1. motion
  3. tophalf and bottom half of body
3. head twisted same way as hips
  1. different direction to chest
4. shoulders twisted diff axes of hips
5. weight on one foot
  1. knee bent weight on ball of foot
6. more advanced relaxed pose
7. trailing leg technique
8. balance of opposites
the canon form
1. developed by polykleitan
2. mathematical equation for proportion of human body
3. pattern found in the chest-abdominal muscles
4. developed by Polykleitos
dynamic equilibrium
1. balance of opposites
2. contracted versus entended torso
3. euqilibrium= equal
4. dynamic=strong?
ideal unreality
1. more realistic the more exaggerated the body is
2. said to be the true form of beauty, how exaggerated the body causes it to be more realistic
3. enhance human features,slightly alter proportions to become more realistic?
  1. eg shorter arms on the spear barer
1:8 head tobody ratio 1:7 1/2 head to body ratio
1. accuracy states the correct ratio is 1:7
2. yet believed to look more realistic if 1:8 so head smaller than shoul be
3. 1:7 1/2 Praxiteles signature
  1. also ratio his father used in peace and wealth?
quadrifacial frontality
1. view of the statue different at other sides
2. variation of movement and action allow different angles and views to be used
3. 360 digrees
4. statues no longer directly look at the viewer, force viewer to move round statue
  1. eg the aphroditie of knidian who looks to the left not directly at the viewer
realistic
1. alter of 1:7 ratio to 1:8 ?
2. babys ratio of mini adult ?
3. underlying skeleton
  1. eg tendons and veins
4. appropriate muscles for age ?
  1. eg lean not as muscular hermes? to protray young man
5. moulded muscles
6. nudity with purpose?
7. life size mortals, over sized gods?
representation of athlete
1. snap shot of action pose
2. life models
3. view changes at dfferent angles
4. nudity with prupose
  1. gratuitous
5. examples
  1. discobolus the discus thrower
    1. by Myron
humanising the gods
1. Praxiteles
2. life size
3. more relatable gods?
  1. hermes, dionysus ,apollo ,aphroditie
4. relaxed pose
  1. contrapposto
5. emotions shown
emotion
1. from severe expression to dreamy?
  1. servere
  2. dreamy
    1. deep set eyes
2. statues portray set emotions not just a standard facial feature like archaic smile and servere expression
  1. eg peace and wealth-mother and son bond, contentment, peaceful
  2. eg discobolus , concentration , purpose because athlete in snap shot action pose

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