Modelling technique and the Artistic Features of Ancient Greek Sculptures

Whether it is the Sphinx, the portrait of Pharaoh or other ancient Egyptian sculptures, it always follows the formula of "positive law". Through them, we can feel that the aesthetic ideal of ancient Egyptian sculpture is to pursue "eternity". The aesthetic ideal of ancient Greek sculpture is to pursue "true beauty". Greek sculptors have created more and more innovative and vivid sculpture forms according to the artist's spirituality and talent. From a plane view, the ups and downs gradually become smaller. The realm of perfection. Therefore, it left us with eternal realistic sculpture models, such as the discus thrower and Venus. The development of ancient Greek sculpture can be roughly divided into three stages: antique period, classical period and Hellenistic period. In the "archaic period", Greek sculpture was in the "groping" stage. It borrowed the "positive law" rules of Egyptian sculpture to make portraits, forming an "ancient style" scheme. Most of the statues in this period are old and inflexible, and the center of gravity of the statue always falls between the feet. When a group of nude statues of young people made in the fifth century BC were discovered, people saw that the old procedure was broken and the center of gravity of the human body fell on one foot, so the whole human body relaxed and looked natural and real. Therefore, the appearance of this group of nude statues of young people marks the entry of Greek sculpture into the "classical period". "Classical period" is the heyday of Greek sculpture. At this time, the pursuit of "true perfection" and the pursuit of objective and true beauty have reached the peak. In the history of culture, the historical period from Alexander's expedition to the surrender of the Ptolemy dynasty in Egypt to the Roman Empire is usually called the "Hellenistic period". The "Hellenistic Period" is rich in themes and appears in a wide range of fields. In a sense, it has formed a kind of cultural expansion, covering the whole of Europe and becoming the foundation of the whole western art. Its culture of advocating the beauty of objective truth is the initial embodiment of western civilization's emphasis on speculation and objective truth. Greek sculpture created a beautiful complex and was full of praise for the human body itself, which we can understand from many nude sculptures in this period. Conversely, the custom of advocating nudity also gives the factory a vivid opportunity to play the realistic sculpture language. After Greece was conquered by the Roman Empire, the center of western culture and art shifted from Greece to the early cities of Italy. Although the Romans conquered the land of Greece, they were conquered in culture. The Romans copied and studied a large number of Greek sculptures, and some of the ancient Greek sculptures left over today are imitations of the Roman period. Roman sculpture follows the tradition of pursuing "true beauty" in Greek sculpture, but it is more secular than Greek sculpture. During the Roman period, many militarists or politicians asked sculptors to create portraits for them, and even Romans often used sculptures to preserve the image of the dead. This goal has taken another solid step on the road of realism. The achievements of Roman sculpture are mainly manifested in portrait sculpture and monument sculpture. These portraits are not only similar in shape, but also pay great attention to expressing the personality characteristics of the characters. The most famous are the statues of Augustus and caracalla. At this time, the elegance of the factory in the past was replaced by solemnity in the memorial sculpture. With the demise of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century A.D., the Middle Ages, later known as darkness, began and ended before the dawn of the Italian Renaissance in15th century. The arrival of the Middle Ages marked the beginning of the Western Christian era. Religion had a deep influence on sculpture in this period, and the asceticism of the tomb supervisor influenced the sculptor's creative inspiration. Most of the sculptures at that time had a strong asceticism color, and the religious spirit tendency embodied in art reached its peak in the Middle Ages. Under the nurturing of the spirit of tomb supervision, Gothic art has made brilliant achievements, and Gothic art has become a reflection of civilized belief that fully praises God's glory. Early examples of Boundary Mountain include Notre Dame and chartres Cathedral. Perhaps it is because medieval sculptures have long been expressed by questioners: thank you for helping me a lot!