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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.

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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 ribbon A belt

5 WHAT?____________________ WHO?______________________ WHEN?____________________ HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ WHERE?___________________ ____________________________ Description (has it got a simmetric stance?)______________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ______ Discus (to throw) Nude/ naked

6 WHAT?____________________ WHO?______________________ WHEN?____________________ HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ WHERE?___________________ ____________________________ Description (hairstyle? Clothes?_____________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ The statue is Looking to the right

7 WHAT?____________________ WHO?______________________ WHEN?____________________ HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ WHERE?___________________ ____________________________ Description ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ hooded cloak mysterious

8 WHAT?____________________ WHO?______________________ WHEN?____________________ HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ WHERE?___________________ ____________________________ Description (is it still in good state?)_______________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ To lean backwards To look downwards

9 WHAT?____________________ WHO?______________________ WHEN?____________________ HOW? - material_____________________ - dimension____________________ WHERE?___________________ ____________________________ Description (is it still in good state?)_______________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ _____ What’s missing? To look in front/ ahead

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