Compare And Contrast Greek And Roman Sculpture

A marble sculpture of a soldier helping a fallen comrade, and another marble sculpture of a man tying a ribbon around his head. The artworks in comparison A can look like they have many similarities, but they are actually very different from each other. Both sculptures at first glance can look like they are Roman sculpture, but were likely created at different times, and by different cultures. The Romans not only borrowed from Greek artists, but they also swallowed Etruscan culture. Roman art developed out of the Etruscan and Greek societies before them. When it came to art The Romans were borrowers and not inventors, the area The Romans excelled in was architecture. Impressive examples of Roman architecture and engineering that still stand

The Greeks first made these statues out of bronze, but they were later destroyed by natural disasters or people who saw them as idols. The Greeks believed in humanism, which focuses on the human rather than the supernatural. The Greeks believed in a human 's ability to learn and to progress, this belief heavily influenced their art work. The Greeks also believed in naturalism, the resemblance to visible, and these beliefs heavily influenced their art. The Greeks went through a few periods the geometric period, the archaic period, and the classical period. Throughout these periods the Greek artists learned and advanced in a short period of time. The Greek artists learned rules of perspective, made great progress, and created contrapposto, which is the weight distribution in a sculpture. Art in the High classical period in Greece had a standard, a set of rules the artists followed. Looking at artwork in comparison A, the sculptures both appear to be Greek, although they can be confused for Roman sculptures. Greek art, has always reflected its society 's beliefs in humanism and naturalism, but their art was also influenced by its political and economic status. The artwork piece A the man with his arms up tying a band around his head looks to be from the Greek classical period. The man being nude, being athletic, youthful showing contrapposto