8.Mar.09 (how humans made art and how art made us human)

After watching ,More Human Than Human, the first episode of How Art Made the World, I quite like this Greek sculpture. This Kritian Boy lies between Archaic and Early Classical periods of ancient Greek sculpture. This Greek sculpture is created as a very realistic human body and lifelike.

The most significant lines in this sculpture are the spine and chest. Other lines include the hair, buttocks,chest,and abdomen. The lines define the muscles and insists the youthful and athletic nature. The carved musculature of the back and the contour of the buttocks are the major geometric and human shapes used in the sculpture.

The sculpture reflects the value of the Greeks placed in idealism in both form and posture, and the dignified nature of the Greeks. The nude sculpture reflects the value of primacy of the noble Greeks.