2. v Early
Classical
Period,
ca.
480-‐450
BCE:
Defeat
of
Persians,
Use
of
Bronze
Sculpture,
more
detail
in
sculpture
v High
Classical
Period,
ca.
450-‐400
BCE:
Parthenon
&
Erectheion,
Doric
and
Ionic
Orders,
Caryatids,
Canon
of
Polykleitos
v Late
Classical
Period,
ca.
400-‐323
BCE:
Sparta
beats
Athens,
Corinthian
Order,
ends
with
the
death
of
Alexander
the
Great;
Praxiteles
redefines
Polykleitos’
figures;
sculptures
are
created
with
a
more
360-‐degree
interest
v Hellenistic
Period,
ca.
323-‐31
BCE
3. v Greek
city-‐states
banded
together
and
defeated
the
Persians
in
479
BCE
v This
victory
gave
them
a
self-‐confidence
that
accelerated
their
society
and
art.
v Lasted
until
about
450
BCE
Kritios
Boy,
ca.
480
BCE
4. The
use
of
hollow-‐casting
bronze
developed
toward
the
end
of
the
Archaic
Period
It
made
for
more
complex,
detail
poses.
Charioteer,
ca.
470
BCE,
Bronze
5.
6. Using
bronze
allowed
such
an
extensive
study
of
the
anatomy
that
it
paved
the
way
for
the
achievements
of
the
Classical
period.
Riace
Warrior,
ca.
470-‐460
BCE,
Bronze.
With
Copper
lips
and
nipples.
7.
8. Balanced,
dynamic
poses
like
this
could
only
be
created
with
the
invention
of
contrapposto.
Contrapposto
is
the
standing
human
figure
poised
in
such
a
way
that
the
weight
rests
on
one
leg
(called
the
engaged
leg),
freeing
the
other
leg,
which
is
bent
at
the
knee.
With
the
weight
shift,
the
hips,
shoulders,
and
head
tilt,
suggesting
relaxation
with
the
subtle
internal
organic
movement
that
denotes
life.
Statue
of
Zeus,
from
the
sea
off
Cape
Artemision.
Greece,
ca.
460
-‐
450
BCE
9.
10. The
master
High
Classical
sculptor
Polykleitos
wrote
the
treatise
entitled
“Canon
of
Polykleitos”,
which
was
a
set
of
mathematical
rules
or
laws
for
creating
scale
in
human
sculptures.
Polykleitos
set
the
proportions
for
the
head
to
the
body
at
1:7.
Polykleitos,
Doryphoros,
c.
450-‐440
BCE,
High
Classical
Greek
Doryphoros
means
‘spear-‐bearer’
in
Greek.
11. This
period
in
Greek
history
lasted
from
about
400-‐330
BCE
During
this
time,
Sparta
defeated
Athens
in
the
Peloponnesian
War
Greek
Art
still
flourished
with
Ionic
order,
and
even
introduces
Corinthian
order
for
interiors.
The
Romans
would
later
copy
it
for
their
buildings.
12. The
Late
Classical
sculptor
Praxiteles
developed
even
more
extensive
rules
for
proportion
in
sculpture,
based
on
the
Canon
of
Polykleitos.
Praxiteles’
canon
differs
from
Polykleitos’
in
that
the
body
of
a
Praxitelian
figure
is
8
heads
tall
instead
of
7.
Praxiteles,
Hermes
&
Infant
Dionysus,
343
BCE,
Roman
copy
of
Late
Classical
Greek
bronze
