In Tuesday’s class we began to discuss some works of sculpture. Professor Plesch introduced us to some examples of early Greek sculpture that represented the idea of a human more than a naturalistic person. We focused on the chiastic, static pose of the early Greek works, and contrasted that with the more dynamic pose of the contrapposto that came about within the Italian Peninsula later in history. This pose is characterized by all the weight being shifted onto one leg, which causes the hips to shift and the shoulders to shift in the opposite direction of the hips. This pose really is a balance between repose and the potential for activity. As time progressed, the sculptures became more naturalistic, but during the Middle Ages, this style of mimetic art was not important, since there were so many depictions of worlds that have only been imagined by people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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