Hellenistic Sculptures

Hellenistic Sculptures

Greek Art

The statues I have chosen give in site into the period they are from as people might have sat for part of the creation or they were people the artist captured in their mind to recreate. The clothes offer the most detail but also have a big discrepancy as people that would have a statue main would be wearing their best while an artists adaptation of a person can be anything he or she wants. The two female seeming to be wearing similar clothing which is interesting as the terracotta statue is described as a child by THE MET so she would be older or wealthy to be wearing the same thing as women statue. The hair styles are similar which tells us that it was a popular way for women to style their hair at the time. Both statues are made out of terracotta, this indicated that it was easy to find/make, a cheap material and popularly used so these statues are likely not special and might be something that more than just the top class could afford. Another thing that can be observed is that the artist tried to hide the hands of the subjects this might indicate the skill and cost of the artist. The final thing that I should be noted is the lack of jewelry on ether subject, other photos and items in the different Hellenistic collections contains many types of jewelry so the subjects might not have been able to afford it or the artist did not want to create it or did not have the still to create it which is interesting considering statues are not the most affordable thing.

Greek Artisans

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met

300 B.C. and the Third Century

Morgan Wintheiser

Copyright: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photograph of a statue

Photo graph of a primary source