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Grave stele of a little girl Stephanie Sjaastad Nancy Catandella HWA 160L 112 18 November 2013 Ancient Greek art is something to be admired; the accuracy of the figures, compared to Egyptian art is commendable. The art works show great depths of emotion and detail. The â€Å"Grave stele of a little girl† is a beautiful relief of what appears to be a small child holding two birds. The forearm resembles a young child’s arm because it seems that the â€Å"baby fat† is still present, but it is strange that the face has less-childish features. The figure is in strict profile, which possibly suggests a Greek sculptor, in addition to the intricate detail and the contrapposto. Egyptian sculptors did not have†¦show more content†¦One of the doves is just resting on her left hand, clinging to her fingers, but the other dove is held very close to her chest and face as if 1. Grave stele of a little girl [Greek] (27.45) In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. she is saying farewell. Although the bird on her left hand is headless, it appears that the head would have also been facing the girl. Children in Ancient Greek grave reliefs are typically depicted with their pets, so most likely, this girl was very fond of her two doves.1 Ancient Greeks typically marked their graves with steles while serving as a monument for the deceased; the steles rarely revealed the deceased age in the engraving.2 A stele is defined as â€Å"a carved stone block, slab, or pillar, generally decorated with relief sculpture,† that ancient Egyptians, Persians, and Greeks used for grave and site markers, as memorials and monuments.3 The deceased were typically depicted through these reliefs; in relation to their character and social position.4 The young girl appears to be wearing a peplos—a full-length robe worn by women in Ancient Greece—that is clasped over the shoulders.5 The material seems to be very thin; the smooth texture of the cloth defines both of her legs. Also the fabric is unsewn near her waist, which shows the drapery and the folds that it formsShow MoreRelatedComparing Sleeping Eros and a Stele of a Little Girl1469 Words   |  6 Pagesanatomy. However, because of the time difference, it is clear that the Spear Bearer is more advanced. The same idea goes to the marble grave Stele of a Little Girl (440 B.C.E) and the bronze statue of Eros Sleeping (1st century C.E). They share many similarities such as the Greek touch; conversely, they have their differences. The two sculptures, Stele of a Little Girl and Eros Sleeping, are two Greek sculptures that have survived throughout history and are now located at the Metropolitan Museum ofRead MoreLouise Nevelson - Sky Cathedral2897 Words   |  12 Pagesgenerated comparisons to numerous different movements. The following paper will examine these links by discussing Nevelson’s work, Sky Cathedral (1982), in conversation with seven others: the Stela of Mentuwoser (ca. 1955 B.C.), the Grave Stele of a Little Girl (c. 450-440 B.C.), the Imperial Procession from the Ara Pacis Augustae (13-9 B.C.), the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons (ca. A.D. 260-270), Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel, 1913/1951, MoMA, Mondrian’s Composition (1921), and Pollock’s One (NumberRead MoreArt History Analysis Paper1670 Words   |  7 PagesThis paper is a formal analysis of the Marble grave stele with a family group relief sculpture. It is a pentelic marble style relief standing at 171.1cm tall carved by a master. It is from the Late Classical period of Greek, Attic which was completed around ca.360 B.C. . I chose to analyze this piece as apposed to the others because I’m mainly attracted to art and sculptures from the Greek era. The overall color used in this relief is ivo ry with a few cracks and pieces broken off. There is someRead MoreAntigone : A Portrait Of Ancient Greece2905 Words   |  12 Pagesselect few are worth mentioning. Arranged in a line, several white lekythoses stand in the Penn Museum (Attic White Ground Lekythos). These six vases vary in shape, and there is one major aspect they all share. Each one shows at least one woman or girl preparing a corpse for burial. This shows that preparation for burial fell primarily to the female relatives of the deceased, explaining the need Antigone felt to bury Polyneices. She was driven by custom and devotion to the gods. Indeed, she fulfilledRead MoreIn a Grove4387 Words   |  18 Pagesclothes, a lilac-colored suit. Her horse was a sorrel with a fine mane. The lady s height? Oh, about four feet five inches. Since I am a Buddhist priest, I took little notice about her details. Well, the man was armed with a sword as well as a bow and arrows. And I remember that he carried some twenty odd arrows in his quiver. Little did I expect that he would meet such a fate. Truly human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. My words are inadequate to express my