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The Severe Period: 480- 450 BC

The Severe Period: 480- 450 BC simplicity of forms, especially clothes, and absence of decoration; a feeling of heaviness both in the body and the material of the peplos; characters are harmonic and idealised; beauty is conceived as the proportion among the parts;

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The Severe Period: 480- 450 BC

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  1. The Severe Period: 480- 450 BC • simplicity of forms, especially clothes, and absence of decoration; • a feeling of heaviness both in the body and the material of the peplos; • characters are harmonic and idealised; • beauty is conceived as the proportion among the parts; • images reflected the forms of dynamism;not static • simmetry is broken by the arms; • no fixed Archaic smile • Sculptors try to express emotions in their works; • many works are known through Roman copies made in marble. The Greek originals were in bronze; • the bronze is modelled with the technique of the lost wax.

  2. Three Types of Sculpture • Archaic : 600 – 480 BC - Severe: 480-450 BC • Classical: 480 – 323 BC • Hellenistic: 323 – 31 BC

  3. WHAT?____________________ WHO?______________________ WHEN?____________________ HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ WHERE?_______________________________________________ Description ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Arms lifted, not simmetric

  4. WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (what is he holding?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A belt a ribbon

  5. WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (has it got a simmetric stance?)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Discus (to throw) Nude/ naked

  6. The statue is Looking to the right • WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (hairstyle? Clothes?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  7. mysterious • WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ hooded cloak

  8. WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (is it still in good state?)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To look downwards To lean backwards

  9. To look in front/ ahead • WHAT?____________________ • WHO?______________________ • WHEN?____________________ • HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ • WHERE?_______________________________________________ • Description (is it still in good state?)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s missing?

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