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In this programme Martin Robinson traces the development of Greek sculpture as it is revealed by artists' changing approach to the human figure. A small number of key works including 'Marathon Boy'..., 'Kritian Boy', 'Artemison God', 'The Delphi Charioteer' are studied in detail.
In this programme Martin Robinson traces the development of Greek sculpture as it is revealed by artists' changing approach to the human figure. A small number of key works including 'Marathon Boy'..., 'Kritian Boy', 'Artemison God', 'The Delphi Charioteer' are studied in detail.
| Module code and title: | A292, Greece 478-336BC |
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| Item code: | A292; 05 |
| First transmission date: | 22-05-1979 |
| Published: | 1979 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:30 |
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| Producer: | Mary Hoskins |
| Contributors: | Martin Robertson; David Thompson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Acropolis; Aphrodite; Dolyphorous; Kouros; Paionios; Phidias; Praxiteles |
| Footage description: | Over details of classical Greek friezes Thompson comments on the preoccupation of Greek sculpture with the human form. Shots of 'Marathon Boy', which is used as a typical example of classical sculpture. Shots of Kleobis and Biton, statues of Kouroi. Thompson points out features typical of archaic sculpture. Shots of Egyptian figures, which are compared with archaic works. The later Kouros of Aristodikos is examined to show the development of Greek sculpture in the preclassical period. Shots of the marble figure of the 'Kritian Boy' Thompson explains why this statue is not a Kouros but classical sculpture. A number of other classical works are examined in some detail. Shots of the bronze 'Artemison God'. Thompson describes the statue in some detail. Shots of small statuettes of the same design. The statue of the Delphi Charioteer is examined at length. Shots of nude male figures on the Parthenon frieze. Thompson explains that females were represented clothed, and examines the treatment of drapery on a number of archaic and early classical sculptures. Film of the caryatids on the Erechtheum. Details of these are then compared with the statue of Victory by Paionios. A drawing is used to show how this figure would have originally appeared. Thompson compares classical and archaic treatment of movement in representations of Victory. Shots of various figures from the pediments of the Parthenon, with commentary over. Details are related to later sculptural developments. Copies of Praxiteles' Aphrodite are examined as examples of the trend towards nudity in female figures. The Aphrodite is contrasted with earlier, less feminine statues. Film of gracestone sculptures from 4th century Athens. Thompson considers developments in 4th century sculpture, particularly the growth of naturalism is and of full three dimensional designs. Various examples are used. Finally, he goes back to the Artemison God as an example of the best classical sculpture. |
| Production number: | FOUA023X |
| Videofinder number: | 470 |
| Available to public: | no |
