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Retrospective Styles in Greek and Roman Sculpture

From at least the fifth century B.C. on, Greek artists deliberately represented certain works of art in the style of previous generations in order to differentiate them from other works in contemporary style. Features of retrospective styles may occur in the pose of a figure, its garment type and drapery pattern, its facial features, or its hairstyle. In Greek and Roman sculpture, two retrospective styles predominate: archaistic and classicizing. Archaistic, the most common retrospective style in Greek and Roman sculpture, refers to works of art that date after 480 B.C., but share stylistic affinities with works of the Greek Archaic period (ca. 700-480 B.C. ). Archaistic figures stand with legs unbent and occasionally with one leg forward. The shoulders and hips are level and the head faces directly forward. In general, the most often imitated costumes are the late Archaic chiton combined with a diagonal himation ( 1990.247 ) of the type worn by many korai from the Athenian Akropolis, and the peplos with a long overfold belted at or above the waist ( 1987.11.2 ). Archaistic drapery folds typically hang straight, and there is often a broad central pleat. Facial features and hairstyles of archaistic figures usually imitate those of Archaic sculpture-heavy-lidded eyes, high cheekbones, and sometimes a hint of the Archaic smile. The hair is styled with long spiral tSearchterm and is one of the most used words and is not always taken in consideration!

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Associated subjects: villa (+), classical antiquity (+), greek archaic period (+), classical greece (+), chiton (+), peplos (+), religious image and its cult (+), roman rule (+), athenian akropolis (+), glass (+), jacques-louis david (+), north africa (+), himation (+), emulated classical art (+), political dominance of rome (+)

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