[PDF] American Graffiti by Margo Thompson at Arts-Photography

Description

Greek Sculpture is probably the most well known aspect of Greek art; for a contemporary it expresses the most beautiful ideal and plastic perfection. It is the first of the Ancient Arts that looked to free itself from the imitative constraints; of the faithful representation of nature. Only a small part of the production of Greek Sculpture is known to us. Many of the masterpieces described by Antique literature are henceforth lost or badly damaged; and a large part; we know are copies; more or less skillful and faithful to the Roman era. Many have been restored by Western Sculptors; from the Renaissance to nowadays; and often in a meaning very different from the original work: a discobolous is thus turned into a dying gladiator; this god received the attributes of another; the legs of this statue are transplanted to the torso of this other one.ldquo;The soul of Greek Sculpture contains in it all sculpture. Its essential simplicity; defies all definition. We can feel it; but we can not express it. lsquo;Open your eyes; study the statues; look; reflect and look again;rsquo; is the perpetual perception of anyone who wants to learn or know about Greek Sculpture.rdquo;