Hellenistic Terracotta Statues

Hellenistic Terracotta Statues

Ancient Greek Art

When I first saw the two images I thought they looked extremely similar. Both the girl and woman appear to be in the same pose, facing to their right side and in the similar robe style clothing. At first I believe they were both women but reading into their descriptions, one is woman and another a girl. The woman is considered to be found in a private dwelling for religious purposes in a shrine. Often sculptures like this were in the same pose with grace-like faces that would bring liveliness. Then the girl is actually represented as child kind of. By then they were presenting kids as kids and not miniature adults, however you can still see she appears to be dressed like a woman. Both sculptures are from the origins of Athens where they originate from. If someone was to ask me why these matter, I would say because it's an early form of art that led the way for future art. You can see other sculptures with naked bodies which now a days is paintings or photographs of naked bodies. It's matters because it's true pure art.

Greek Artisans

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met

300 BC 4th/3rd Century BC

Nicole Almonte

Copyright: The Met

Photograph of Stautes

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