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• 1 2017-10-10T18:05:39-07:00 Fowler 11 How the human body is depicted through Ancient Art plain 2017-10-13T20:57:52-07:00 How the Human Body is depicted overtime through Ancient Greece.
  -Introduction -
  In the art world something that is represented over and over again is the human body. It has been represented countless times and in a numerous amount of different ways. As time has passed, time periods have changed, art styles have changed but most importantly, the way that the human body is seen and depicted has also changed. This change has occurred for the better, over time artists have become more comfortable depicting the human body and made it seem almost more lifelike. This gallery will focus on how in ancient Greek art the human body has been depicted through figurines and sculpture. It will specifically focus on the Bronze Age, Dark, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic time periods. 
  
  The Bronze Age lingered around for many years, besides the Minoan or Mycenaean colonizations there was thought to been civilization on the Cyclades a group of small islands. The time frame for these islands is being considered Early Bronze Age.  The figurine being depicted is a Female Figurine is from Cycladic period. The Cycladic period is best known for its small-scale objects found while excavating. This particular object is made from marble although at first glance does not look like it. The figurine
  is of a woman crossing her arms and having her legs together. We can identify sex of the figurine due to the triangle placed in the genital region and what looks like breasts just higher than usual. This figurine is depicted with little to no facial expressions, no emphasis on the body (muscles) and disproportioned features (elongated neck and face, breasts where shoulders would be). Because the figurine’s stomach is emphasized it is thought that this doll could very well be a symbol of fertility or that the figurine is pregnant.
  
  After the Bronze Age came a time for Greece called the Dark Ages. This new time period brought about different styles. One of the most known styles from this time period is the Geometric style. This style is when artists would fill the space of an object with shapes. The figure depicted is indeed geometric style but unlike most. This figurine of a man and centaur (half man half horse) is made from bronze and does not have shapes. This shows that geometric artists were indeed able to create the human body and understood that it does not need to have shapes on it to be geometric. The artist does use shapes to depict the body not simple shapes like circles, squares, triangles per se. The body in general has features that are semi disproportionate stick figure chest, large head, and large bottoms.  
  
  Archaic time period began roughly around 700 BCE. This time period is where you really start to see the change in the human body being depicted. This is a larger scale statue with much more detail. The artist begins to show muscle, defined facial features. You can tell not all is mastered though, at first glance most looks normal. The hands are a little larger than they should be and the one hand has been disfigured. The elements for this stiff statue are borrowed from Egyptian style this is clear by the hair and eye depictions.  
  
  Next in chronological order came the classical time period. This period began in in the early 5^th century. This style is when there is noticeably some realization that indeed greek was starting to understand and learn about the human anatomy. This time period was not like others where they showed their art just standing still or posed. This specific example shown of the Grave Marker shows more than just one human body. This was chosen to show that artists were able to finally show overlapping of the human body and that there is some movement occurring. The bodily proportions as well as the facial expressions are coming along. 
  
  The final object of this gallery is a statue from the Hellenistic time period, the last time period before roman began. This object is a single male statue depicted from the knees up and also has no hands. Although the male is not fully depicted it is a good example of the human anatomy being depicted.  The torso is so lifelike it is ridiculous. It is clear that if he were to have his whole body it would not be in a stiff posing position. It looks the way his thighs are composed that he would be in a nice leisurely stance. He has the body of an athlete, very muscular and defined.
   
  The final object of this gallery is a statue from the Hellenistic time period, the last time period before roman began. This object is a single male statue depicted from the knees up and also has no hands. Although the male is not fully depicted it is a good example of the human anatomy being depicted.  The torso is so lifelike it is ridiculous. It is clear that if he were to have his whole body it would not be in a stiff posing position. It looks the way his thighs are composed that he would be in a nice leisurely stance. He has the body of an athlete, very muscular and defined.
  
  In conclusion the viewer of this gallery hopefully noticed and learned a little bit about how the depiction of the human body changed and grew for the better. 
  _Amanda Fowler 
   
  
  
  
   
• 1 2017-10-13T14:12:01-07:00 Ramos- Marble Figurines 11 Females figurines are an important part of ancient Greeks art history . gallery 2017-10-13T21:25:59-07:00 Introduction
  ​​My exhibition will be about females and males figurines. Figurines in general are an important part of Greek art history . The figurines vary in sizes and shapes. Most of the figurines are in a standing position and some of the early Cycladic figurines has no facial features. Most the figurines are made out of marble and  some of them are in white marble and others have some colors and decorations. All this figurines has different interpretations and differ from one another because they came from different civilizations. This figurines have female and male forms, in the females figurines the breasts were usually highlight. 
  
  This is an early Cycladic figurine  ​​​made out of marble. This figurine might be one of the most important figurines of the Cycladic art history because this figurine is from the Cycladic period c. 2600-2400 BCE. This figurine has the arms folded at the abdomen and the facial features are not well define because what I can see is only the nose but nothing else because it don't have eyes and it also don't have mouth. The height of this figurine is 24 3/4", so the size of it is not to small compare with others figurines. This is a white a marble figurine without color or decorations.  
  
  This figurine is different from others one I have seen that are in a standing position with folded arms. This figurine in contrast to others figurines is in a seated position playing a harp. This one is also made out of marble but this one look white, so there were no pigment used on this marble figurine. On this figurine I can see more details and this one have more facial features than the others figurines. On this one the mouth, ears, and eyes are notable. The bodily form of this male figurine is well define. 
  
  This figurines are from the Mycenaean civilization and this figurines possess certain features of the Cycladic  figurines. The  Terracotta figurines were as popular as the Cycladic ones. The figurine in the left have folded arms as the Cycladic figurines.  This figurines in contrast to the Cycladic figurines have some decorations. This three figurines are wearing long dresses and it is hard to tell if their feet are defined. 
  
  This Terracotta figurine is decorated and is dressed. The way I interpreted this figurine is as a women praying. It look that she is carrying something in top of her head. This is a clay based figurine.