Greek_Sculptures

Greek Sculptures The Transformation of the Greek Kouros from the Archaic to the Hellenistic The Ancient Greeks known for their clean cut style and beautiful art. From the start, their sculptures were simple and very conservative. The sculptures changed in body expressions, materials and in the style of the whole body. This is how the Grecian art form transformed from the beginning of their time. The Greek sculptures have changed considerably from the beginning. Their first sculptures were similar to that of the Egyptians. One sculpture or figure that stood out the most was the Ivory figurines from the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus “Hawk Priestess,” the look of the body was very simple, the person would make no movements, hands to their sides, looking straight with the left foot forward. The figurines were very idealistic in many ways. Always younger looking faces also a perfectly proportioned face. Not many muscles or definitions were added onto the body. There are many other parts of the first Greek sculptures were also different. For instance, the eyes on the Egyptian sculptures were big and bulging, it was the same for the first sculptures, body, art, very, greek, archaic, showing, people, period, changed, hellenistic, started, life, expressions, greeks, grecian, even, became, stories, stance, showed, sculpture, first, face, beginning, artists, style, simple, seeing, scars, really, one, muscles, mature, man, looking, looked, look, just, human, end, classical, changes, battle, area, always, warrior, towards, told, time