Classic Greek Sculpture

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This paper first begins with an overview of Greek sculpture, showing how it is intertwined with Greek culture and history. It then describes two pieces, which are characteristic of this type of art, "Relief with a Dancing Maenad and "Grave Stele of a Girl with Doves", both of which are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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"Softness is given to the figure through the detailed curves and ripples in her hair as it flows down her head and neck. The subject's obvious youth contrasts with her air of wisdom and sad acceptance to lend the sculpture a haunting quality, pathos. There is a feeling of restraint and control, which is commonly manifested in Classical Greek art. It however differs in that there is a distinct sense of sadness along with the calmness typical in Greek carvings."

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