Ancient Greek sculpture

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Ancient Greek sculpture is a classical art tradition renowned for its idealized yet naturalistic depictions of the human body, harmonious proportions, and profound influence on Western art and aesthetics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek art ⓘ
artistic tradition ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic attention to musculature ⓘ
contrapposto stance ⓘ
emphasis on nude figure ⓘ
harmonious proportions ⓘ
idealized facial features ⓘ
idealized human body ⓘ
naturalistic anatomy ⓘ
polychromy ⓘ
study of drapery ⓘ
study of movement ⓘ
use of bronze ⓘ
use of marble ⓘ
hasContext Greek city-states ⓘ
Greek religion ⓘ
Greek temples ⓘ
hasEndCentury 1st century BCE ⓘ
hasFunction architectural decoration ⓘ
public commemoration ⓘ
religious worship ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
hasGeographicRegion Aegean region ⓘ
linked to: Aegean Sea region

ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity

eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Neoclassical art ⓘ
linked to: Neoclassicism

Renaissance art ⓘ
Roman sculpture ⓘ
Western aesthetics ⓘ
Western art ⓘ
hasLegacy model for academic art training ⓘ
symbol of classical beauty ideals ⓘ
hasMaterial bronze ⓘ
chryselephantine ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
marble ⓘ
terracotta ⓘ
hasNotableArtist Lysippos ⓘ
linked to: Lysippus

Myron ⓘ
Phidias ⓘ
Polykleitos ⓘ
Praxiteles ⓘ
hasNotableWork Aphrodite of Knidos ⓘ
Discobolus ⓘ
Doryphoros ⓘ
Laocoön Group ⓘ
Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
Venus de Milo ⓘ
Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ
hasStartCentury 8th century BCE ⓘ
hasStylePeriod Archaic kouros and kore figures ⓘ
Early Classical Severe Style ⓘ
Hellenistic baroque style ⓘ
High Classical style ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter athletes ⓘ
funerary monuments ⓘ
gods ⓘ
heroes ⓘ
mythological scenes ⓘ
hasTechnique inlay of metals and stones ⓘ
lost-wax bronze casting ⓘ
stone carving ⓘ
hasTimePeriod Archaic period ⓘ
Classical period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antonio Canova → influencedBy → Ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ
Classical period → hasArtisticStyle → Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Pythagoras of Rhegion → movement → Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Calamis → artisticMovement → Early Classical Greek art ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Parthenon sculptures → artMovement → Classical Greek art ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Agorakritos → movement → Classical Greek art ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Classical antiquity → hasArtStyle → Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Polykleitos → associatedWith → Argive school of sculpture ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Johan Tobias Sergel → influencedBy → Ancient Greek art ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Horsemen of the Frieze → belongsTo → Attic sculptural tradition ⓘ
subject linked to: horsemen of the frieze
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Apollo of Veii → influencedBy → Greek Archaic sculpture ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture
Polykleitos the Younger → movement → Classical Greek art ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Greek sculpture