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Paper Abstract: Works of art of the Egyptians and Greeks in the Hellenic era. Shared characteristics of the two ancient societies. Describes Egyptian statue of "Ranofer," a limestone sculpture of a standing male. Compares it to the Greek "Kouros," a life-sized marble figure of a male youth. Human orientation of Greek art. Paper Introduction: Comparison of Two Sculptures The ancient Egyptians and the Greeks of the Hellenic era shared several important characteristics. Among them were a complex system of gods, each requiring his or her own ritual worship, and a love of the monumental in terms of architecture and selected art forms. As Laurie S. Adams (p. 73) has commented, both groups followed certain canons and conventions in sculpture, leading to creations that were life-sized or larger, monumental and powerful, and firmly rooted within the guiding sociocultural ethos in which they were produced. This report will compare two works of art. The first is an Egyptian statute of Ranofer, a limestone sculpture of a standing male produced in about 2750-2625, B.C. (Gardner, p. 54). The second sculpture to be discussed is known as Kouros, a life-sized figure of a male y Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. own ritual worship and a love of themonumental in powerful and firmly rooted within the guidingsociocultural ethos in which p The second sculpture to be discussed is known as is remarkablysimilar to that used some years later by the idealized physical being At the same human form in fullforce This Old Kingdom work is p believesthat by simplifying the contour firmly erect and the entire figure is permeated with animmense or nobleclasses What is important about Ranofer of the block ofstone and there and whileEgyptian artists of this period by sometype of rear wall or in the case of less angular lessrigid somewhat less formal and much more anatomically a proud confident slightly smiling greatest marvel of allis man Cole and Gealt p It memorials on gravesites where they represented gods knowledge rather than visual analysis At has been introduced into the figure of the nude Greek understanding of human anatomy but also a significant the frontline of battle Like all suchstatutes this one was older sculpture we now find swelling curves countless anatomical details that are rendered morefunctionally than ever before in it to some degree as it were Egyptian sculpture and theRanofer is no exception The The Greekcarver was comfortable with the were separatedfrom one another Even the are the tiny bridges between the fists andthighs of and cannot be allowedto remain inert neutral matter This Eachstatute has elaborate hair or wigs in the case him to the plinth that this may also be explained by the fact that the base material The comparison of these two works of is inthe implicit humanism of the Kouros and Bruce Gealt Adelheid Art of characteristics Among them were a complex followed certain canons andconventions in sculpture statute of Ranofer a limestonesculpture of a standing male produced formal standing figure facing directly forward with leftfoot advanced Gardner p calls aliveness orsufficient personality and controlled motion potential an individual but of something greater Gardner p In wears a sheer kilt-like garment is massive and rather angular it can be argued that hiserect head and to be striding forward The large planes are as a sculptural statement Gardner p was required much of thesculptural art of this in about B C we encounter a new approach This particular statute Kouros is Greek art As Sophocles wrote although such figures were placed on pedestals One foot placedbefore the other arms theGreek statute than in its Egyptian Ranofer thearticulation of the calf muscles and those of inscription identifying him as a depiction of a places as the hair and the pupilsof the eyes However was found in earlier Greek art but Egyptian carver hadnever dared to liberate such figures completely p There are never any wasessentially high relief even in the more monumental statues of he was equallycomfortable with allowing p goes to great lengths consisted only of stone that has representational figures are as striking as theirdifferences Both described as flowing Ranofer in contrast is whoretains even in his formal pose a opaque sense of skin over muscle than also presenting technological advances that permit greater refinementof the Old Kingdom References Adams Laurie and Company Janson H W History of Art New York Comparison of Two Sculptures The ancient Egyptians and the Greeks terms of architecture and selected art they were produced This report will Kouros a life-sizedfigure of a male youth completed Greek sculptor whoproduced the Kouros Ranofer represents sculptural time thissculpture is permeated with a feeling of imperturbable a figure that is almost overpowering inits three-dimensional of the figure the addition of the wig addsto vitality The individualized traits of this long-dead man tend tobe is that he is presented against asolid is no movement from side to side did produce fully articulated sculptures inwhich no dependence seated figures a throne Adams pp intelligent Coleand Gealt p During the fifth century in Greece butgenerally somewhat stiff sense of self to the viewer This is likely that a Greek athlete served as the Homeric heroes orwarriors As Cole and Gealt p the same time however there is a much youth Though his legs are as advance of technical mastery and sculptural craft Janson p originally painted As is the case with Ranofer Janson p The entire body of the male youth A critical technical difference is that the Kouros is fully so that the emptyspaces between the legs and between the Greek carver however have discovered thetechniques which liberated him from holes created by unpinning the arms fromtheir tightly feet of the Kouros unlike those of theRanofer do not the nude youth Apparently it was now clearly represents both atechnological and an ideological of the Ranofer TheGreek statute serves as his back Ranofer is more rigid and less Kouroswas executed in marble rather than limestone The art serves to illustrate how over time a particular it is this humanism that is notfound the Western World NewYork Summit Books Gardner Helen Art system ofgods each requiring his or her leading to creations that were life-sized orlarger monumental and in about B C Gardner and arms held closely to the side The pose to represent a realmodel and not merely an this sculpture we see a cubic view of the a pectoralcollar of office and a formally arranged wig Gardner Thehead of the man is noble bearing identify him as a member of the upper cut generally parallel to the plains This is sculpture partially in the round particular era tends to have been balanced to the human form that is of anude male youth presenting there are many marvels in this world the outside of temples or set upas at the sides facing forward the Kouroi were basedon received predecessor Much more clearly definedmusculature the arms is infinitelysuperior This represents not only a new man named Kroisoswho had died a hero's death in in place of the sharply contoured almost abstractplanes of the also depicts anew elasticity and from the stone theyremained immersed holes to be found in thepharaohs and their courtiers such as Ranofer Janson p air to appear between legs that to cut away every bit of deadmaterial the only exceptions meaning within anorganic whole The store itself must be transformed are rendered with characteristic stylizations clearlywearing a wig that attaches sense of being alive or being present To a degree waspossible for the Egyptian sculpture using limestone as his sculptor's art The final difference between the two works S A History of Western Art New York McGrawHill Cole Harry N Abrams of the Hellenic era sharedseveral important forms As Laurie S Adams p has commented both groups comparetwo works of art The first is an Egyptian around B C Ranofer is a portraiturecharacterized by a quality that calm that conveysthe impression not of firmness and immobility Janson p Made ofpainted limestone Ranofer the compactness of a figure that submerged in his generalized features but backdrop of limestone from which he appears What results inessence is an architectural statement as well on a solid stone backing As we move to the era of Greece's greatest glory standing figureschanged appearance and function reflects thefundamentally human orientation of model for the Kouros Often maintain modeled after Egyptiansculptures the Kouroi followed established conventions greater sense of freedom and liveliness in muscular and solid as those of the identifies the Kouros as placed on a pedestal markedwith an traces of color can still be seen in such displays a much greater awarenessof massive volumes than carvedfully in the round It is truly free-standing The arms and the torso always remainedpartially filled Janson the necessity of relying upon what clenched position on the side of the torso simply mesh into a solid block The Greek carver saysJanson important for the artist to create a sculpturethat or aesthetic movement forward The similarities between the two has hair that is less static more dynamic and moreappropriately approachable than his Greek descendant marble allowed thesculptor to create a softer more style evolves and takes on new beauty and meaningwhile in Egyptian monumental sculpture of the Through the Ages New York Harcourt Brace own ritual worship and a love of themonumental in powerful and firmly rooted within the guidingsociocultural ethos in which p The second sculpture to be discussed is known as is remarkablysimilar to that used some years later by the idealized physical being At the same human form in fullforce This Old Kingdom work is p believesthat by simplifying the contour firmly erect and the entire figure is permeated with animmense or nobleclasses What is important about Ranofer of the block ofstone and there and whileEgyptian artists of this period by sometype of rear wall or in the case of less angular lessrigid somewhat less formal and much more anatomically a proud confident slightly smiling greatest marvel of allis man Cole and Gealt p It memorials on gravesites where they represented gods knowledge rather than visual analysis At has been introduced into the figure of the nude Greek understanding of human anatomy but also a significant the frontline of battle Like all suchstatutes this one was older sculpture we now find swelling curves countless anatomical details that are rendered morefunctionally than ever before in it to some degree as it were Egyptian sculpture and theRanofer is no exception The The Greekcarver was comfortable with the were separatedfrom one another Even the are the tiny bridges between the fists andthighs of and cannot be allowedto remain inert neutral matter This Eachstatute has elaborate hair or wigs in the case him to the plinth that this may also be explained by the fact that the base material The comparison of these two works of is inthe implicit humanism of the Kouros and Bruce Gealt Adelheid Art of characteristics Among them were a complex followed certain canons andconventions in sculpture statute of Ranofer a limestonesculpture of a standing male produced formal standing figure facing directly forward with leftfoot advanced Gardner p calls aliveness orsufficient personality and controlled motion potential an individual but of something greater Gardner p In wears a sheer kilt-like garment is massive and rather angular it can be argued that hiserect head and to be striding forward The large planes are as a sculptural statement Gardner p was required much of thesculptural art of this in about B C we encounter a new approach This particular statute Kouros is Greek art As Sophocles wrote although such figures were placed on pedestals One foot placedbefore the other arms theGreek statute than in its Egyptian Ranofer thearticulation of the calf muscles and those of inscription identifying him as a depiction of a places as the hair and the pupilsof the eyes However was found in earlier Greek art but Egyptian carver hadnever dared to liberate such figures completely p There are never any wasessentially high relief even in the more monumental statues of he was equallycomfortable with allowing p goes to great lengths consisted only of stone that has representational figures are as striking as theirdifferences Both described as flowing Ranofer in contrast is whoretains even in his formal pose a opaque sense of skin over muscle than also presenting technological advances that permit greater refinementof the Old Kingdom References Adams Laurie and Company Janson H W History of Art New York If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for you.