Characteristics of Ancient Greek Sculpture

Characteristics of Ancient Greek Sculpture

Overall Characteristics: Greek art is idealistic, simple, emphasizing ****ness, elegant and refined, summed up in one sentence as noble simplicity, quiet greatness

The main stages of the development of Ancient Greek Sculpture

(A) Mycenaean Craft Sculpture

The city of Mycenae is located in the southern end of the Greek peninsula in the Peloponnesian eastern part of the peninsula. The culture that took place in this area was named after the city of Mycenae, and is known as "Mycenaean culture", which became another important culture after the Cretan culture.

(2) Greek Sculpture

The Greeks were forced to re-create their own civilization after the barbarians from the north came down and destroyed the civilizations of Crete and Mycenae. Greek civilization is mainly expressed in Greek mythology, architecture and sculpture.