Met Photos

Pablo Picasso Nude Standing By the Sea 

Considered a Surrealist piece, through rearrangement of the anatomical form and distortion of the human body. It creates an ambiguous sculptural mass which barely resembles a human. Possibly reflective of the inner turmoil he was feeling while divorcing his wife and going through his affair. 

Thomas Crawford Dying Mexican Girl This piece totally reminded me of the Dying Gaul, and the iconography is virtually identical here. Both were wounded in battle and are lying down clutching their wound, preparing to die. 

Kouros  The rigid stance with the left foot in front is derived from Egyptian art, and illustrates a great understanding of anatomy and human form, yet basic in comparison to later pieces such as Laocoon. 

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3 Field Trip Photos With Identification

1- Geometric Krater, from the Diploma cemetry
Layered into 2 registers, it depicts a funerary scene of a warrior


2- Kouros
Combining Egyptian styles with greek meduim, it portrays a life size young man with his left foot forward to show movement



 3- Doryphoros
polykleitos uses the position of the hips and shouders to indicate a natural balance, following a rule of perfection known as the "Golden Ratio"

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  Diadumenos- By Polykleitos

• This was created in 450- 420 BCE.
• This represents Polykleitos's canon- The ideal proportions of the human body. Polykleitos discovered these by measuring soldiers.  Diadumenos's head is 1/7 of the body.
• Diadumenos has contrapposto- the weight shift where the weight is on one leg and the shoulders and hips are in the opposite direction.
• This shows a winner of some sort of athletic competition, which is shown since he is tying the winner's band around his head.

  Kouros

• 600 BCE, Archaic Age
• The Kouros is made of marble.
• This is the typical stance of the Egyptian statues- the left foot is forward and the arms are stiff and close to the body.
• It is almost completely free-standing, except for the small puddle under his feet.

 Grave Stele of Hegesos

• 400 BCE, Early and High Classical
• This shows a peasant showing a wealthy woman a box with jewelry in it.
• Although there are not men in the stele, it still shows a patriarchal society because the servant and the jewelry box are both owned by the father, still showing the male dominance.  Also, the jewelry box represents the dowry that would have been given to her husband, also showing subordination of women.
• This was used as a funerary purpose, used for marking a grave.