Greek Sculpture

Few original Greek bronzes survive due to the value of the material in the making of other things. If so little if it survives how do we know so much about it?

• abundant text and roman marble copies
• abundant annecdotal evidence
• Polykleitos’ Canon
• workshop records
  

What is this?

• Victory of Athena
• Victory of Samothrace
• The Flying Goddess

This Kouros figure dates back to 530 B.C.E. In comparison to earlier greek kouros figures this one differs in

• the forward stepping left foot
• the evenly distributed weight
  
• the naturalism and rounded anatomical forms
• the long hair
  

What leads scholars to believe that this figure is a representation of a goddess, possibly Artemis?

• the visual difference from other like figures at the sitem, including what was possibly held in her missing hand
• her height
• the media used for the figure
• the color and decoration of the figure’s costume

The male version of this same kind of greek statue is generally known as a  

• kritios figure
•  kouros figure
• contraposto figure
• cire perdue figure

The divine ratio and the cannon for sculpture is...

• Seated Boxer 
• Head of a Patrician
• Doryphoros
• Augustus of Prima Porta

In the Hellenistic period, sculptors made works...

• With more movement and emotional appeal
• With column-like form
• Using casting processes
• Using all metal