Scholar quotes (Free Standing Sculpture)

Question 1

Discobolus - realism

Answer 1

“standing on the threshold of realism” - J. Boardman

Question 2

Caryatids

Answer 2

“charm, delicacy and decorative detail have begun to supplant mobility and naturalism” - Woodford

Question 3

Cannon - realism

Answer 3

“We no longer look on a real man.
We cannon square over the overdeveloped musculature with clear skin of the face; we know we look at a construct…
The personal is no longer on the sculptural agenda” - Osborne

Question 4

Hermes and Dionysus - humanising gods

Answer 4

Greeks of 4th century “sought the serenity and relaxation enjoyed by the gods” - Boardman

Question 5

Aphrodite of Knidos - Innovation

Answer 5

“one of the most groundbreaking,not to mention sexy, statues of all times” - M. Scott

Question 6

Aphrodite of Knidos - female innovation + complexity

Answer 6

“Praxiteles’ masterpiece demonstrated that sensuousness, as well as equilibrium, can be conveyed by applying contrast to the female form” - Wooodfrod

Question 7

Antikytheran Youth - innovation of arm

Answer 7

Arm extended out “gives the figure a more intimate relationship with the space around it and a more immediate involvement with the beholder”

Question 8

Late classical innovations

Answer 8

“4th century BC saw a revival in interest in naturalism, a re-definition of ideal proportions and an increasing effort to explore the spatial potentialities of sculpture” - Woodford

Question 9

Berlin Goddess - not boring

Answer 9

‘shows the beginnings of a livelier approach’ - Woodford

Question 10

Anavyssos Kouros - realism

Answer 10

“suggestive of soft flesh than hard stone” - Woodford

Question 11

Discobolos - moment

Answer 11

‘an instant of stillness in the midst of action’ Woodord

Question 12

Cannon

Answer 12

‘holds the body in dynamic equilibrium - Woodford

Question 13

Aphrodite of Agora

Answer 13

‘exuberant drapery’ Woodford