From the ancient Greek sculpture to the ancient Olympic Games, the glory of civilization guided people's attention, from secular to supernatural, thinking about the root of life and destination.
In the myths of the ancient Greeks, God and man have the same shape and personality, so the ancient Greek sculpture is to shape the image of God according to the image of man, and give it more ideal and perfect artistic performance. "Broken Rider Venus" is a marble sculpture created by the ancient Greek sculptor Alexandros around 150 BC, which is now collected in the Louvre Museum in France.
From the first day of the statue, it is recognized as the most beautiful statue in Greek female statues so far. In the work, the goddess's face has the typical characteristics of Greek women. She has an elliptical face, a straight nose bridge, a flat forehead and a plump chin. This shows that the Greeks create God according to their own image.
Both the sculpture head and body are complete, but the left arm is lost from the shoulder, and only half of the upper arm left on the right arm. The upper body of the statue is naked. Her naturally peaceful eyes are full of poetry. The broken arm does not affect her beauty. Instead, it adds a mysterious charm.
Another great work "Lao Kong and his sons" is a group of marble group carvings created in the middle of the first century BC. This group of carvings is about 184 cm high and is now collected in the Vatican Art Museum in the Vatican City. The content of the sculpture is based on the story of the Troy Battle in Greek mythology. In the Troy War, Laogon warned his compatriots to move the Trojan horses left by the Greeks into the city. Therefore, the Greek protection God Athena sent two pythons to Laolon, and wrapped the priest and his two sons. The sculpture shows this shocking scene: the big snake uses its fatal twist to stifle Laolon and his sons, one snake grabs on the chest of the younger son, and the other snake wraps his father's thigh. Laolon's head was leaning backwards, his lips were slightly open, and his face deformed due to pain. The eldest son, who was also entangled by snakes, looked at his father in despair.
The work is full of high tragedy. The solemn and aesthetics of Laoton showing the solemnity and beauty in the face of pain and death have made the viewers move all of them, and they can't speak sadness and sadness.
The ancient Greeks have a generalized love for the form. The male goddess of ancient Greek sculptures has a healthy and perfect shape without exception. Therefore, ancient Greece has a sports culture tradition that loves sports and bodybuilding. As early as Homer, ancient Greece had official competitions. To commemorate the sports competition held by the Olympia God in the ancient Greek Olympia plains, the first ancient Olympic Games was held in 776 BC.
Nietzsche said that the ancient Greek people have the spirit of the sun and the spirit of the alcohol. The sculpture of ancient Greece, the Homer epic, is the spirit of the sun god, the beauty of the form of style; and the tragedy of ancient Greece is the spirit of the wine god, the body, the body, intoxicated, and the ecstatic passion. The ancient Greeks must recognize the cruelty of destiny and the tragedy of life. Therefore, they were put into the embrace of art and inhabited in the aesthetic world, but they were still real worlds. They did not produce Buddhism -like to negate the culture of this life.
Post time: Oct-17-2022
