Greek Male Sculptures and Todays Advertising Essay -- Kouros Krytios

Grecian Male Sculptures and Todays publicizingFreestanding sculpture that decorated the early Classical Period of Greek Art consisted of predominantly male nude figures. The male body was employ in seeking to draw more realistic ways to outline the human figure in painting and sculpture and to place figures in more realistic settings(Stokstad pg 178). This portrayal of young men through freestanding sculpture revealed a sort of obsession with the male body in which society took on as the norm. As opposed to the Greek society, the ane of today might associate nudeness with aspects of profanity and vulgarity because of the contemplate that certain parts of the body are not to be seen by public eyes. A nude body of today may as well be seen as sexy or provocative. This allows the public art resile of yesterday to be replaced by the controversial art form of today. The Krytios son of 480 BCE is an example of this Greek glorification of the young male body. The quest to create t his figure into a realistic form proves to accomplish itself in the figures contrappasto stance, the trend spin...