There are three main periods of Greek Sculpture: Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The Greeks were blessed with a large supply of marble, which was what they used most in their sculptures. Bronze was also used in their artistic work of humans. Many of the original sculptures were damaged or destroyed. Yet, many still survived because the Romans make copies or duplications of the original works.

The Archaic period was the earliest period in Greek sculpture, which started around 600 B.C. and lasted until 480 B.C. Thes

e works have a stiff and ridged appearance similar to that of the Egyptian sculpture.

A few interesting things about the Greeks are that they looked to the gods in very similar fashions as they did in regular humans. There were no distinctions of size or body make up in the Greeks sculpture, which would suggest that the gods were greater or more powerful than the humans. This is also similar in Greek stories, where the gods are shown to have very human characteristics, both good and bad.

The second period, the Classical period, was between the Archaic and Hellenistic times. The Classical period shows a very large shift from the stiff Archaic to a more realistic portrayal of humans. After the 5th century B.C., females were often depicted many times as being nude, and sometimes with flowing robes. The robes gave the sculpture the idea of movement and realism in an effort by the artist to show humans more realistically.

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