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NY
Kouros
,
Osborne
The
plain features
of the
New York Kouros
make
no
definitive
statement
about
man
at
all
Aristodikos
Kouros
,
Woodford
now
appears
unnaturally
stiff.
For the
first
time
in over a
hundred
years
the
pose
is
called
into
quesiton
Delphic
Charioteer
,
Woodford
Slight
twist
of
the
figure
lends
it
life
Delphic
Charioteer
,
Woodford
The
Charioteers'
introvert
,
reflective
expression
is very
different
from the
thoughtless
smile
of the
kouroi
barely
a
generation
before
Doryphorus
,
Osborne
We no
longer
look
on a
real
man
; we know
we
look
at a
construct..
the
personal
is
no
longer
on the
agenda
Woodford
4th Century
saw a
revival
of
interest
in
naturalism
Temple
of
Zeus
(Seer),
Pollitt
the
extreme
adaptation
of the
figure's
physical
characteristics
- his
sagging
body
and
bald
head
- to his
dramatic
role
something
new
4th
Century
,
Woodford
4th century
b.c. saw a
revival
of
interest
in
naturalism
East
pediment
Parthenon
,
Woodford
the
folds
in the
messenger's
peplos
swirl
back
from her
advancing
leg
in a
double
curve
, that
conveys
her
haste
West
pediment
Parthenon
,
Woodford
back
view
of the
river god
reveals
the
drapery
seeming
to
lap
at the
body
, as if the
current
were
sweeping
by
Parthenon
frieze
,
Woodford
Speed
is conveyed
realistically
by the
cape
billowing
backwards
and the
wind
blown
manes
of the
horses
Korai
,
Spivey
Korai
were
sexy
Peplos
Kore
,
Spivey
on
the
one
hand
, the
peplos
kore
is
covered
and
respectable
and
on
the
other
she
is
attractive
and
alluring
Aphrodite
of the
Agora
,
Woodford
Aphrodite
is
engulfed
in a
swirl
of
curvilinear drapery
Cnidian
Aphrodite
,
Scott
one
of the
most
ground
breaking
not to
mention
sexy
statues
of all
time
Francois
vase,
Woodford
translates
epic
poetry
into
a
visual
image
Ajax
and
Achilles
,
Pedley
seemingly
peaceful
, this
scene
is full of
foreboding
,
ominous
with
pent-up
rage
shortly
to be
released
Boreas
and
Oreithyia
,
Woodford
Produced
one of
those
powerful
,
sad
,
muffled
figures
which
opened
up a whole
new
,
hitherto
,
unimaginable
world
of
feeling
Herakles
and the
Amazons
,
Woodford
In
terms
of
drawing
and
composition
the
painting
is
masterly
Berlin
Painter
,
Williams
Berlin Painter's
special
talent
lay
in his
ability
to
build
small
elegent
details
Perseus
and
Medusa
,
Williams
quirky
charm
Wedding
scene
,
Sophilos
Dinos
,
Woodford
His
heart
was in the
mythological
scene he
portrayed
at
the
top
Parthenon
metopes
,
Woodford
Play
of
light
and
shadow
provides
a
splendid
foil
to the
beautiful
nude
body
of the
man
and the
powerful
forms
of the
monster
Parthenon
East
Pediment
,
Woodford
waves of excitment
Temple
of
Zeus
East
Pediment
,
Woodford
intense
but
wholly
without action
Herakles
and the
Kerkopes
,
Woodford
most of the elements of which they are composed are carefully arranged
to
yield symmetrical patterns
Temple
of
Aphaia
,
Woodford
beautiful
and
complex
design
Temple
of
Zeus
Metopes
,
Woodford
dynamic
design
was to
serve
as the
basis
of
many
later
compositions
Herakles
and
Dionysus
feasting
,
Woodford
Change
from
black figure
to
red figure
was
revolutionary
Osborne
the
metopes
act as a
device
for the
sculptor
to
tell
a
narrative
story
rather
than
portray
a
static
scene