asher.p1.t3.greek/roman

During the Classical Period of Greek art and sculpture a shift from sharp and asymmetrical forms began to give way to more realistic and natural shapes of the human form. The Classical Period was a time where philosophy, democracy, and anatomy were gaining momentum. These subjects raised the idea that humans possessed more of a prominence in the world than previously thought. The movements captured in Classical Greek sculpture also showed a more interactive nature of human life with surroundings, the sculptures posses a more three dimensional friendly aesthetic compared to their to their predecessors of the Archaic Period, which were slightly more two dimensional in their viewing. The Classical Period was a movement depicting the heightening of man, and of the increased freedom the Greeks felt from the philosophical idea that mankind represented an individual entity or atomo, which reflects the creation of more movement in sculptures and more self-determination found in the sculptors of this period. The study of anatomy added to the aesthetics of classical Greek sculpture, the movement depicted in the sculptures of the time show understanding of human form, muscle, and bone structures. The studying of the human form by artists during this period is very notable, and is especially noticeable because of the movement and balance found in the sculptures. The human form shows a fusion of science and art that is apparent when looking at the sculptures of this time because the sculptors paid attention to how the body adjusts to movement, such as how the upper body shifts to compensate a movement of the lower body. While deities were still depicted in sculptures of the Classical Period, a greater focus on humans began to form.