The Art Of Athena Parthenos

The ancient Greeks believed in a strong mind and a strong body. Their celebration of the physical beauty and ability of the human body can be seen in their sculpture, writings, and sporting events. The physical beauty of the human body is shown in the marble sculpture “Kraisos” (Benton and DiYanni 64). The sculpture shows a male with a defined muscular mid-section, broad shoulders, and thick legs. There is more detail and a more natural appearance in this sculpture compared to a similar statue from approximately 60 years earlier. The face of the sculpture is realistic and the left foot is forward, as seen in Egyptian sculpture. The art of thought was established by the philosophers of ancient

Greek culture is the source from which many of the characteristic elements of Western culture derive. Their explorations and innovations in art have both fascinated and inspired other civilizations for centuries. For this assignment I chose two Greek sculptures viewed at the Getty Museum. The first is Kouros circa 530 B.C. made of Dolomitic marble from Thasos and is approximately 200 cm (80 in) in height. The second is Cult Statue of a Goddess, (most likely Aphrodite) South Italy, 425 - 400 B.C. made of Limestone and marble. It stands at a height of 220 cm (86 5/8 in). There is some dispute to the authenticity of the Getty Kouros

The marble sculpture of Kritios Boy from Greece, ca. 480 BCE marks an influential point of stylistic evolution. In contrast to Khafre Enthroned, The Kritios Boy was created for a public audience. The Kritios Boy’s standing pose represents a freedom in his figure that divorces the solidity of the stiffly seated Khafre. Rather than emanating timelessness, this naturalistic sculpture seems to capture a specific moment in time. Mirroring a normal human stance of balance and weight shift onto one leg, his stature is contrapposto. Furthermore, the Kritios Boy’s physical composition maintains a smooth contour to his natural musculature. His head is slightly turned with hair that seems to fall effortlessly in place. He is completely naked, wearing only a relaxed expression on his face. With no indication of identity, the Kritios Boy exemplifies naturalism in Greek drive to order to analyze form into constituent parts and represent the specific in light of the generic.

The primary focus of ancient Greek sculptures was that of the human body. Almost all Greek sculptures are of nude subjects. As the first society to focus on nude subjects, Greek sculptors attempted to "depict man in what they believed was the image of the gods and so would come to celebrate the body by striving for verisimilitude or true – likeness (realism and naturalism!)."(Riffert) Not only did the Greeks celebrate the human form in their art but also in everyday life. (Riffert) One of the favorite topics for sculptors was that of the athlete. In Greek culture athletes were described as "hero–athletes". (Riffert) This shows that athletes were revered and looked upon as heroes. The influence

Dedicated to the goddess Athena, the warrior maiden, the Parthenon is a Doric style temple (Gilbert 368). It took about 15 years to complete this strucutre (Gilbert 370). A lot like the Roman Pantheon, it had many columns surrounding the interior and exterior of this structure. This place was decorated with many sculptures along the inner roof top. It was painted in vivid colors, such as red and blue (Gilbert 370). Refered to as the cella its inner chamber housed the monumental statue of the Goddess Athena. Pheidias' hisself created this thirty foot high statue of Athena Parthenos, consisting of a frame made of wood, metal, clay, and plaster.

It is very clear that ancient buildings can be a part of the evidence to show what happed in the history. As a part of ancient culture, architectural languages have the significant vale in both culture and construction. The temple of Hera, which becomes the sign of Greek classic architecture even the whole Europe, plays an important role in the Greece history and culture . This essay will start an analysis from the structure and component of the temple of hera to present that how can cultural factors affect the form and functions of a building.

I will be responding on art from Ancient Greece. Firstly, Geometric Art. It is a period when figured painting returned back to Greece. This art includes Dipylon Krater, it is one of the old example from this art. The krater’s surface was covered with precisely painted abstract angular motifs in horizontal bands. There are human figures, animals, and furniture are as two-dimensional as the geometric shapes elsewhere on the vessel. I think Geometric artists revived the art of storytelling in pictures. In addition to this there was Herakles and Nessos, it was one of the most impressive Geometric art. This statuette depicts a hero battling a centaur an early example of mythological narrative.In this art there is a figure of humans of which both have beards and wear helmets, but the man is larger than the horse to indicate that he will be the victor. The Egypt style was not good enough for Greeks, therefore, they used real human bodies for art. They studied everything in detail about human body. The artist used to create creativity and produce those which was ever produced in history of civilization. One of the example of this is kritios boy. It is the first statue to show how a person naturally stands. The sculptor depicted the weight shift from one leg to the other. The head turns slightly, and the Archaic smile is gone.Kritios is one of the most important statues in the

Athena was the virgin goddess of wisdom and good counsel, war, the defense of towns, heroic,endeavor, weaving, pottery, and various other crafts. Athena was depicted as a stately woman armed with a shield and spear, and wearing a long robe, crested helm, and the famed snake trimmed cape.Known for protecting civilized life, she was the goddess of the city. Athena was praised for her compassion and generosity.She is the daughter of Zeus.

On the Acropolis of Athens, there are a large number of votive images dedicated to Athena the city goddess in various medium, including marble, terracotta, bronze, relief and vase painting. Among these votive images of Athena, most of them are represented in a standing pose, either frontally facing the viewers or showing her profile (e.g. the bronze Athena Promachos (figure 1)); some of them are captured in the middle of an action (e.g. Athena in Gigantomachy on the pediment of the Parthenon (fg. 2)). However, the so-called Endoios Athena is a statue of Athena represented in a seated position. Although the seated position is not rare in reliefs, such as Athena on the East frieze (fg. 3) and on the metopes of the Parthenon (fg. 3), the

Greek myths and legends had a huge impact on art and sculpture of Greece, as a result many statues of gods and others mythical beings were created. For example the statue of Zeus(appendix 3) one of the finest sculptures of Greece. This statue was thirteen metres high and was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. This is proof of the work and smarts put into just one sculpture and it also shows the dedication and belief of the

First off we are going to learn about ancient Greek art. The Greeks mastered the idea of sculpture, in earlier times the sculptures looked fake but by the classical period they started looking more natural with realistic-looking faces. The Greeks also liked to make pottery out of stone and clay, they usually would have mythological or religious scenes on them and grew more realistic over time. The first ancient Greek art that we will be learning about today is the Winged Victory of Samothrace. It was created around 220-185 BC made from parian and rhodian marble. On April 15, 1863 workers were excavating and uncovered parts of a statue. They then sent it to the Louvre, where it is currently on display.You can’t tell from the picture, but can you believe that this statue is over 18 feet tall!! It has been suggested that she was once holding something in her right hand, such as a trumpet, wreath, or a fillet. The base of the sculpture is made up of 23 blocks of marble.

In lassical Greece is where is born the ideal of beauty which has lasted until today. Greek art, especially sculpture, focused on finding a barrel of perfect proportions for the human body. On this occasion, and initially, the models for the art would be male (young athletes), and only they could be shown in full nudity. Thus, in the case of female, their representations would appear devoid of their femininity and sex characteristics, resulting in robust and masculinizadas figures. However, from the fifth century, when Athens lived their greatest splendor, there would be an important evolution of forms and a change in the concept of what is beautiful. The myth of Aphrodite under the attribute of goddess of beauty, pleasure, and love.

Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson is just recently off on a quest to acquire the “Athena Parthenos.” She’s the daughter of Greek goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Percy is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea and horses. The Athena Parthenos was a deserted, large chryselephantine sculpture made of the Greek goddess Athena. However, she had to go through a trial of tests before hand like going through a labyrinth, escaping traps, moving with injury, and getting past an enemy who didn’t like her mother at all. That enemy was Arachne, a talented mortal weaver who had challenged Athena and lost, resulting in her being turned into a huge spider. Once they acquired the Athena Parthenos, they fell into the pit of Tartarus. Tartarus is a deep abyss that’s known to torment and create

A personal love of Ancient Greek mythology, the Greek gods, and the myths made the first visit to the Parthenon exciting. The statue of Athena Parthenos shows great detail of her wardrobe, face, and her shield. The gold crown on her head shows detail and closely resembles the golden crowns depicted in many Ancient Greek works of arts. The gold draping that covers the colossal body frame of Athena is beautiful and it makes the statue stand out while presenting a feminine side of Athena. As one enters into the huge stone doors that lead to the Naos room which houses the statue of Athena is genuinely breathtaking as one approaches the 42 feet tall statue. The 65 feet high building structure of the Parthenon is amazing as one walks between each of the 46 Doric columns it gives an astonishing idea of what one can expect upon entering the

The Parthenon is a stunning work of art that express the power and beauty of the Athenians. The Parthenon represents nowadays as a symbol of wealth, of power, of wisdom. It is incredible how the architectures thought about viewer’s movements, and perspectives. The arrangement of the temple which were made to be slightly curved so they give an optical illusion as they were straight from every angle, it is astonishing as well. It is also unbelievable how they sculpted the monumental sculptures of the pediment, and the detailed frieze which educate and help understand the culture of Athens. Through the architecture of the Parthenon, it conveys that Greek saw mathematics as understanding the divine. The focus and the monumental of Athena is now