Greek art influenced and shaped art in a way unmatched by any other civilization in the West. With that being said, Greek art went under many changes, often in a short period of time. These different time periods are easily seen through many of there artworks from the Greek time period. Ranging from the Geometric period of 800 B.C. to the Hellenistic period of 146 B.C. Greek art was constantly changing and evolving as the Greek culture advanced into arguably the most sophisticated culture this world has seen to date.

The Art of Greece changed from time period to time period but most noticeably between the Archaic and Classical period especially with regards to sculpture and architecture. The Archaic period between 680-480 was more oriental, and eastern style and influenced by Egyptian sculpture. The sculptures subjects were

stiff, and very formal and unlike the Egyptians, were never clothed. Take for example the sculpture of Korous. He has the U shaped face, typical of the Archaic period, his face is framed by his hair, and he possess’ th

These changes in Greek art and architecture were not troublesome or disruptive, but on the contrary, very intellectually based and for the better of there culture and for the West’s culture in general. "With this new day came an explosion of the creative spirit in Greece, producing the architecture, the art, the drama, and the philosophy that have shaped Western civilization ever since. Jason's harvest of armed soldiers, grown in a day from dragon's teeth, seems no more miraculous. "What was then produced in art and thought has never been surpassed and very rarely equaled," wrote the classicist Edith Hamilton, "and the stamp of it is on all the art and all the thought of the Western world." The ability of Ms. Hamilton to capture Athens in a sentence can only be matched by the knowledge gained by studying and understanding the differences between the time periods. As each time period presents an abundance of knowledge about life and ways of thinking during that time period. Though the time periods may lack continuity, they make up for that with there stark contrast in artistic ideals, and intellectual freedoms. Without the Greeks ability to break free from society’s norms during the Classical period, and show there Dionysian side, we may to this day be stuck in the Archaic way of thinking. Although these changes between periods were not completely different from previous artistic time periods, it is safe to say that they were generally new ideas and did not have much continuity, a

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